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436 11.5 (BBB) Unearned Income (Victim’s compensation payments): This section has been updated to provide a description for Victim’s compensation payments and to add verbiage for clarity. 11.5 (CCC) Unearned Income (Vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowance from Veterans Administration): This section has been updated to provide a description for Vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowance from Veterans Administration. 11.6 (D) Income Exclusions (General Assistance [GA] vendor payments): This section has been updated to add General Assistance (GA) to the income exclusion chart. 11.6 (J) Income Exclusions (Public Assistance [PA] vendor payments): This section has been updated to add verbiage for clarity pertaining to emergency and special assistance. 11.6 (K) Income Exclusions (Vendor payments): This section has been updated to add verbiage and a Note for clarity. 12.8 (2) Medical Deduction (Recurring Medical Expenses): This section has been revised to include an updated chart of allowable medical expenses for clarity. 15.7 Unclear Information: This section has been updated to add verbiage that the Agency has an established system to monitor and prevent individuals who are being held in prison for more than 30 days from being included in a SNAP household. In addition, verbiage has been added that the Agency has an established system to verify and ensure that SNAP benefits are not issued to individuals who are deceased. 17.6 Expedited Service: This section has been added to clarify that the Agency is not required to apply the expedited service provisions at recertification if the household applies for recertification before the end of its current certification period. In addition, a link has been added to Section 6.5 Expedited Service. 25.3 Quality Control (QC) Findings: This section has been updated to list the correct titles of Quality Control (QC) forms, excluding references to form numbers. SNAP Tool Kit 5: SNAP Cheat Sheets: This tool kit has been updated to include descriptions for commonly used “Immigrant” and “Non-immigrant” Classes of Admission (COA) codes as well as descriptions for Non-citizens Employment Authorization Document (EAD) codes. SNAP Tool Kit 6: SNAP Student Eligibility Tool: This tool kit has been added in order to make the student eligibility tool accessible to staff in the SNAP manual. Titles of DSS Forms have been updated throughout the SNAP Manual to reflect the current titles that are listed on the forms in Master Forms Index. Child Protective Services and the acronym “CPS” have been replaced with Child Welfare Services and “CWS” throughout the SNAP Manual. SC Voucher Program has been replaced with Child Care Scholarship Program throughout the SNAP Manual.