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related supportive services;

i. Payments or reimbursements for child care expenses provided under Child Care Assistance for non-participants in Reach Up are also excluded as income in determining eligibility for or the benefit amount in Reach Up;

25. Any benefits received under Title VII, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended;

26. The value of supplemental food assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended, and the Special Food Service Program for children under the National School Lunch Act, as amended (P. L. 92- 433 and P. L. 93- l50); 27. Income distributed to members of certain Indian tribes referred to in Section 5 of P. L. 94-ll4 effective October l7, l975; 28. Any income received from an emergency fuel supplement or energy allowance to assist with the cost of heating; 29. The first $100 of child support paid on behalf of a child who is a member of the Reach Up household within each calendar month; i. When more than one noncustodial parent makes child support payments on behalf of a single Reach Up household in the same calendar month, the maximum amount of child support to be disregarded in determining the household’s eligibility is $100; 30. Any amount of child support paid on behalf of a child who is not a member of the Reach Up household; 31. Vermont and Federal Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), whether received with each paycheck or as a refund, including lump sum; 32. Vermont and Federal Child Tax Credits; 33. Payments made pursuant to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101- 426); 34. Payments made under Indian Trust Funds Acts (Public Laws 97-458 and 98-64) and initial purchases made with such funds by the original recipient of the funds; 35. Up to $2,000 annual income received from the lease or other uses of the individually-owned trust or restricted lands under the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act, as amended; 36. Payments made pursuant to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 to a member of the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, or the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; 37. Payments made to a member of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs pursuant to the Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act;

38. Financial assistance paid through the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, as amended, as major disaster and emergency assistance, including additional relief provided by States, local governments and disaster assistance organizations; i. This disaster coverage is intended to provide relief to people living or working in an area severely struck by natural or man-made disaster;