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145 • HUD payments for housing that are paid solely to the landlord or mortgagee.

HUD payments supplemented with TANF funds are excluded. (S) Income maintenance insurance (including disability insurance)

(T) Interest Income The amount of money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money that has been earned during a specific time period. NOTE: Effective May 1, 2019, interest income of any amount must be verified. (U) Kinship Care Payments Payments received in which a relative (other than the child’s parent) or non-related adult has assumed full-time care of the child. Count the same as foster care payments for child(ren) who are considered members of the household.

Effective April 30, 2017, SCDSS implemented a Kinship Foster Care Program. (V) Military allotments A designated amount of money that is automatically withdrawn from a service member’s paycheck and paid to another individual. This process can be voluntarily or involuntarily.

(W) Monies withdrawn from trust funds Monies which are withdrawn from trust funds considered to be excludable resources under Section 10.7 Exclusions from Resources. Such trust withdrawals will be considered income in the month received, unless otherwise exempt under the provisions of Section 11.6 Income Exclusions. NOTE: All resources are excluded for categorically eligible household. (X) Native American payments for tribes Exclude up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Native Americans that is derived from interests in trust. Exceptions: • Exclude all tribal dividend money deposited into a child’s trust. • Count casino profit payments as unearned income in the month received. Do not apply the $2000 exclusion.

(Y) Pension A regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or his/her employer has contributed during his/her working life.