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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI INCOME SOURCES 07/19 CHAPTER I, PAGE 66

52. Rebates and Refunds Not Income Rebates and refunds are the return of monies already paid, to the individual who paid it. Rebates and refunds may be received on items purchased and taxes paid. 52.1. Income Treatment When an individual receives a rebate, refund, or other return of money he or she has already paid, the money returned is not income. The key idea in applying this guideline is that rebates and refunds are the return of an individual's own money. Example: Rose Woods, an elderly AG recipient, pays property taxes on the home she lives in. Because of her low income, the city government returns part of Mrs. Woods' property taxes in the form of a check. This return of money already paid by Mrs. Woods is not income. 52.2. Verification Unless you have reason to question the situation, accept an individual's signed allegation that a rebate or refund of money is a return of money already paid and do not count it as income. 52.2.1. Questionable Situation In questionable situations, make copies for the file of any documents in the individual's possession, and contact the source of the payment, etc., to verify that the payment is a return of money already paid.

53. Refugee And Cuban And Haitian Entrant Cash Assistance Unearned Income Refugee Cash Assistance and Cuban and Haitian Entrant Cash Assistance are federally funded programs which make ongoing needs-based payments to refugees during their first 18 months in the United States.