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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI INCOME SOURCES 07/19 CHAPTER I, PAGE 18

Example Joshua Hall, an AG recipient, is unable to pay his phone bill, so his sister pays the phone company with her own money. The payment to the phone company is not income. Example Jennifer Henry, an AG recipient, is unable to pay for cable television at the ALF, so her brother pays the ALF voluntarily from his own money for Jennifer’s cable television. The payment to the ALF is not income because it is a service rendered beyond what is required for maintenance and care by the AG program. 15.1.1. Exception - Third-Party Payment To ALF/AFCH Any money paid to the ALF/AFCH home to cover goods and services prior to the services being rendered or if the service and/or goods are already covered by the maintenance and care agreement for the program will be counted as income and any carryover funds will be considered a resource. Therefore, the income is subject to the unearned and general income exclusions. ALFs and AFCHs must provide each AG recipient with a written list of the goods and services covered by the AG pursuant to subsection C of § 51.5-160 of the Code of Virginia, including a clear statement that the facility may not charge an AG recipient, the recipient’s family or other interested party additional amounts for goods or services included on such list. Example John Smith, an AG resident, resides in a private room in an ALF. His mother pays an additional $200 per month for his room and board. His monthly ALF rate is $1,336, which is over the established AG rate of $1,136. Room and board are a set rate and covered as a service under the maintenance and care agreement for the AG program. This would not be an allowable third-party payment. The $200 will be counted as income. Example Daisy Harris pays the ALF in May for a trip to Kings Dominion for her son that is scheduled for the month of July. She gives the ALF $75 for the bus trip. The money paid is income for the month of May as the service has not yet been rendered. In the next month (June), it will be considered a resource. If, however, Mrs. Harris pays the ALF in July for a trip to Kings Dominion that will occur in