Page 30

Federally Mandated Income Exclusions Student financial assistance received under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (U.S.C. Title 20) or Bureau of Indian Affairs is excluded from income and resources, regardless of use: Pell Grants Student services incentives Home energy assistance provided on the basis of need, in accordance with 20 C.F.R. § 416.1157 (2023) Matching funds that are deposited into individual development accounts (IDAs), either demonstration project or TANF-funded, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 604 Japanese-American and Aleutian restitution payments Payments to victims of Nazi persecution Netherlands WUV payments to victims of persecution from 1940-1945 Department of Defense payments to certain persons captured and interned in North Vietnam, in accordance with the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998, Pub. Law 105-78 Radiation exposure compensation trust fund payments, in accordance with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (“the Act” or “RECA”), Pub. Law 101-426 Veterans Affairs payments made to or on behalf of: