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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI INCOME SOURCES 07/19 CHAPTER I, PAGE 36

Interest and dividends earned on unspent educational assistance under Title IV of HEA or under BIA are excluded from income. 30.3. Other Grants, Scholarships, Fellowships, And Gifts 30.3.1. Used For Paying Educational Expenses Any portion of a grant, scholarship, fellowship, or gift used for paying tuition, fees, or other necessary educational expenses at any educational institution, including vocational or technical education, is excluded from income. Any portion of such educational assistance that is not used to pay current tuition, fees or other necessary educational expenses but will be used for paying this type of educational expense at a future date is excluded from income in the month of receipt. This exclusion does not apply to any portion set aside or actually used for food, clothing, or shelter. 30.3.1.1. Tuition, Fees, And Other Necessary Educational Expenses Educational expenses include laboratory fees, student activity fees, transportation, stationery supplies, books, technology fees, and impairment-related expenses necessary to attend school or perform schoolwork (e.g., special transportation to and from classes, special prosthetic devices necessary to operate school machines or equipment, etc.). 30.3.2. Not Used Or Set Aside For Paying Educational Expenses Any portion of grants, scholarships, fellowships, or gifts that is not used or set aside for paying tuition, fees, or other necessary educational expenses is unearned income in the month received and a resource the month after the month of receipt, if retained. The portion countable as income is subject to the unearned and general income exclusions. 30.3.3. Set Aside Funds Used For Another Purpose If any portion of grants, scholarships, fellowships, or gifts that is excluded from resource because it is set aside to pay for tuition, fees, or other necessary educational expenses is used for some other purpose, the funds are income at the earliest of the following points: in the month that it is spent, or the month the individual no longer intends