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152 (DDD) Worker’s Compensation Benefits Benefits paid to an employee who is injured on a job covered by the program. Worker’s compensation benefits include any amounts deducted to repay claims for intentional program violations.

1 1 . 6 I N C O M E E X C L U S I O N S Only the following will be excluded from household income and no other income will be excluded: Excluded Income Description NOTE/Exception: (A) Demonstration project vendor payments In-kind or vendor payments which would normally be excluded as income but are converted in whole or in part to a direct cash payment under a federally authorized demonstration project or waiver of provisions of Federal law.

(B) Educational assistance, including grants, scholarships, fellowships, work study, educational loans on which payment is deferred See Section 11.7 Education Assistance

NOTE: Any educational assistance excluded under South Carolina TANF rules is also excluded for SNAP.

(C) Educational assistance vendor payments Educational assistance provided to a third party on behalf of the household. EXCEPTION: Educational assistance provided to a third party on behalf of the household for living expenses will be treated the same as educational assistance payable directly to the household.

NOTE: Any educational assistance excluded under South Carolina TANF rules is also excluded for SNAP. (D) Federal law income exclusions See Section 11.8 Federal Law Income Exclusions

(E) General Assistance (GA) vendor payments GA vendor payments made under a State or local GA program or a comparable basic assistance program are excluded from income except for some vendor payments for housing. A housing vendor payment is counted as income unless the payment is for: 1. Energy assistance as defined in Section 11.5 (R) Home Energy Assistance Payments;