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Vermont Department for Children and Families Reach Up Eligibility Rules Economic Services Division 2200 4

2249.1 Contributions ..........................................................................................................................68 2250 Distribution of Child Support .......................................................................................................68 2250.1 Family Bonus Payment ............................................................................................................68 2250.2 Parent Share Payment .............................................................................................................68 2250.3 Child Support Arrearage Collected .........................................................................................68 2250.4 Advance Child Support Payments ...........................................................................................69 2251 Earned Income .............................................................................................................................69 2251.1 Earned Income Computation Methods ..................................................................................70 2251.2 Business Expenses ...................................................................................................................70 2251.3 Income from Providing Child Care ...........................................................................................71 2252 Earned Income Deductions and Disregards .................................................................................72 2252.1 Employment Expenses ............................................................................................................72 2252.2 Dependent Care Expenses ......................................................................................................73 2252.3 Earned Income Disregard ........................................................................................................74 2253 Excluded Income ..........................................................................................................................74 2254 Resources ....................................................................................................................................79 2254.1 Combined Resources Limitation ..............................................................................................79 2254.2 Transfer of Property Prohibited ..............................................................................................80 2254.3 Property Sales ..........................................................................................................................81 2254.4 Excess Resources .....................................................................................................................81 2255 Real Property ...............................................................................................................................81 2256 Personal Property ........................................................................................................................82 2256.1 Liquid Assets ............................................................................................................................83 2256.2 Trust Funds /Trust Accounts ....................................................................................................83 2256.3 Burial Plots - Funeral Agreements ...........................................................................................83 2256.4 Annuities ..................................................................................................................................83 2256.5 Vehicles ....................................................................................................................................84 2256.6 Income-Producing Property.....................................................................................................84 2257 Excluded Resources .....................................................................................................................85 2258 Potential Income and Resources .................................................................................................88 2259 Potential Eligibility for Pension and Other Benefit Programs .....................................................88 2260 Insurance and Liability Claims .....................................................................................................88 2261 Potential Support from Relatives ................................................................................................89 2261.1 Reporting Child Abandonment to Law Enforcement ..............................................................89