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N. Exclusions from Income. In determining the availability of income and resources, the following will not be included as income: (1) The earned income of dependent children is excluded in the FI gross income limit test and the need and benefit determination. (2) Up to four hundred dollars of interest and dividends per benefit group may be excluded annually. (3) Vendor payments made by a third party who is not a member of the budget group are excluded from income. (4) In-kind income received by the benefit group is excluded. (5) Grants, such as scholarships, obtained and used under conditions that preclude their use for current living costs. (6) Home produce of an applicant or recipient, utilized by him and his household for their own consumption. (7) Small nonrecurring gifts not to exceed $100 per recipient in any quarter. (8) Payments made to FI recipients known as ‘‘child support gap payments’’ which are made from the child support payments from absent parents collected by the Office of Child Support Enforce- ment of the Department of Social Services. (9) Assistance from other agencies and organizations will be excluded in determining the amount of assistance to be paid, provided that no duplication shall exist between such other assistance and that provided by the FI Program. In such complementary program relationships, nonduplication shall be assured by the fact that FI funds are insufficient to meet the total amount of money determined to be needed in accordance with the statewide standard. In such instances, grants by other agencies in an amount sufficient to make it possible for the individual to have the amount of money determined to be needed, in accordance with the FI standard, will not constitute duplication. (10) Payments for home energy assistance will be excluded if certified by the Division of Economic Opportunity, Office of the Governor (or its successor), as being based on need. (11) The principal of a bona fide loan will not be counted as income or a resource in the determination of eligibility and the amount of assistance. Interest earned on a loan is counted as unearned income in the month received and as a resource thereafter. Purchases made with a loan are counted as resources. (12) The value of a governmental rent or housing subsidy is not counted as income. (13) The value of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Stamp benefits or donated foods (surplus commodities). (14) Relocation allowances paid to a recipient by the Family Independence Program. (15) A Child Care deduction of two hundred dollars per month per dependent child, under age 12, will be subtracted from the gross earned or unearned income of families applying for Family Independence benefits. To be eligible for this deduction, the family must incur a child care expense for a dependent child(ren) living in the home. This deduction may only be given in the month of application and the two subsequent months. O. Disregarded Income and Resources. In determining eligibility and the amount of the assistance payment, the following will be disregarded as income and resources: (1) Any payment received under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. (2) Grants or loans to any undergraduate student for educational purposes made or insured under any programs administered by the Secretary of Education except the programs under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). Student financial assistance provided under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Act will be disregarded in accordance with paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(t) of this section. (3) Any funds distributed per capital to or held in trust for members of any Indian tribe under Public Law 92–254 or Pub. L. 94–540.