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- National Urban League
- National Council of Senior Citizens
f. Payments from private nonprofit charitable organizations, not more than $300 per fiscal quarter, which are not already excluded as a lump sum resource. Any amount over the $300 limit is counted as unearned income (P.L. 100-232).
g. Payments under the Wartime Relocation of Civilians Act to certain U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident Japanese aliens and certain Aleuts (P.L. 100-383).
h. Payments from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established for settlement of Agent Orange product liability litigation (P.L. 101-201 and P.L. 101- 239.)
Payments to veterans with a service-connected disability resulting from Agent Orange exposure are countable (P.L. 102-4).
i. Payments under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended, and the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance amendments of 1988. The President must declare the event a federal disaster or emergency. The exclusion applies to federal payments and comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local governments and disaster assistance organizations (P.L. 100-707).
Payments through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to property owners under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reduce risks of flood damage are excluded.
Most payments from FEMA are excluded, but payments made when there is no declared disaster or emergency, such as rent assistance for the homeless household, are not excluded.
j. The value of any childcare provided, arranged, or reimbursed under the Social Security Act through the block grant childcare program (Section 6585, P.L. 102-586, as amended).
k. Earned income tax credits (P.L. 101-508).
l. Salary reductions for military personnel which are used to fund the GI bill (P.L. 99- 576).
m. The following payments to Indian tribes:
- Income from certain submarginal land of the U.S. which is held in trust for certain Indian tribes (P.L. 94-114, Section 6).
- Income from the disposition of funds to the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians (P.L. 94-540).
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