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Child Support Child support is considered income belonging to the child and shall be entered in VaCMS as unearned income for the child for whom the support is being received. If child support is received for multiple children with the same absent parent, the total amount of support received shall be divided by the number of children and the amount entered in VaCMS for each child.
F. Disregarded Income
The following types of income received by any member of the family unit shall be disregarded in determining income eligibility and copayment amounts for Transitional, Head Start Wrap-Around, SNAP E&T, and Fee Child Care subsidies:
1. Supplemental Security Income; 2. TANF benefits; 4. Transitional payments of $50.00 per month to former VIEW participants; 5. Diversionary Assistance payments; 6. General Relief benefits; 7. Value of SNAP benefits; 8. Value of USDA donated food; 9. Any benefits received under Title VII, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended; 10. Value of supplemental food assistance under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and lunches provided under National School Lunch Act; 11. Earnings of a child under the age of 18 years; 12. Earned income tax credit (EITC); 13. All lump sum payments; 14. Any scholarships, loans, or grants for education except any portion specified for child care, if any portion of educational benefits are set-aside for child care, this should be entered in VaCMS as “Other” unearned income and noted in the page level comments; 15. Payment to AmeriCorps volunteers; 16. Tax refunds; 17. Monetary gifts for identifiable one time occasions or normal annual occasions; 18. Provider payments made by non-financially responsible persons, unless this payment is made in lieu of wages; 19. Loans and other money borrowed; 20. Money received from sale of property such as stocks, bonds, a house, or a car (unless the person was engaged in the business of selling such property in which case the net proceeds would be counted as income from self-employment); 21. Earnings of less than $25.00 a month; 22. Capital gains; 23. Withdrawals of bank deposits; 24. GI Bill benefits; 25. Reimbursement, such as for mileage; 26. Foreign government restitution payments to Holocaust survivors; 27. Payments from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established for settlement of Agent Orange product liability litigation;