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Subsidized federal, state or local adoption or guardianship payments Unearned See Remarks Exclude the child(ren), his/her income, resources and subsidized adoption payment or guardianship payment. TANF payments Unearned N

Third party/vendor payments Unearned Y All vendor payments are excluded as income in the TANF Program except:

1. Wages earned by a BG member that are garnished or diverted by an employer and paid to a third party for a BG’s expense are counted as income.

2. Trust funds paid to a third party are counted as unearned income if the BG can receive the funds directly, but requests payment to the third party. Trade readjustment allowance Unearned Y Count the same as unemployment compensation benefits (UCB). Training allowances Earned N

Training allowance - Work Experience, Work Training Allowance (WTA) Unearned N

Transitional Child Care (TCC) paid to provider. Earned Y

Travel advances Unearned N

Tribal Development Assistance Revolving Loan Program Unearned N

TRIO Grants (to organizations or institutions for students from disadvantaged backgrounds): *Upward Bound (some benefits go to students) *Student Support Services *Robert E. McNair Post- Baccalaureate Achievement Income Unearned N

Unemployment compensation benefits (UCB) Unearned Y This includes Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and/or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.