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Vermont Department for Children and Families Seasonal Fuel Assistance Rules Economic Services Division 2912 Excluded Income

2912 Excluded Income (06/22/2024, 23-18)

a. Income shall not include any of the following:

1. Money withheld from the household’s income to repay a prior overpayment from that source;

2. Money the household received, but voluntarily or involuntarily returned, to repay a prior overpayment from that income source;

3. Child support payments transferred to the Office of Child Support to maintain Reach Up eligibility;

i. Child support payments are excluded at the date the payment is assigned;

4. Any non-monetary or in-kind gain or benefit provided to the fuel household or a vendor, including:

i. Meals;

ii. Clothing; or

iii. Garden produce;

5. The following vendor payments:

i. Payments by a person outside the fuel household or by an organization to a third party for a household’s expense when the payment is not legally owed to the household;

ii. Payments through the 3SquaresVT program;

iii. Rent or mortgage payments made to a landlord or lender on behalf of the fuel household by:

A. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);

B. The State; or

C. Local housing authorities;