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59 Revised: August 2025 Ignored Income Types Earned Income for Minors (under 18) If the household member(s) is under 18, ignore earned income (including wages and unemployment compensation). Earned Income for High School Students 18 and Older If the household member(s) is age 18 or older and is a full or part-time high school student, ignore earned income (including wages and unemployment compensation). Flex Dollars Ignore flex dollars used for health insurance premiums when the dollars would not otherwise be available to the applicant. General Relief General Relief from Interim Assistance (IA) programs for individuals that have applied for SSI is ignored income, as this assistance is repaid from the individual’s lump sum eligibility payment. Government Payments and Program Participation Income • Payments or allowances made under any federal, state, or local laws for the purpose of energy assistance, including WHEAP. Do not count payments specifically designated for heating/electric costs. • Payments made to children of Vietnam Veterans born with spina bifida. • VISTA income. • AmeriCorps income. • Base pay of military personnel called to temporary active duty when the individual is not in the household on date of application and when the temporary assignment will be for 60 days or more. • Foster Care Payments for minor(s). • Title V Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP income, formerly Green Thumb). • Wisconsin Senior Employment Program (WISE) • Payments to volunteers under Title II (RSVP, foster grandparents, and other) and Title III (SCORE and AGE) of the Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (P.L.93-113) as amended. • Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects, Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Projects, Summer Youth Employment Program, and reimbursement of expenses provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Wisconsin Conservation Corps. • Uniform Relocation Assistance and Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970 (P.L. 92-646, section 216). • Alaska Native Claim Settlement Act (P.L. 92-203, Section 21(a)). • Sub-marginal land of the United States held in trust for certain Indian tribes (P.L. 94-114, Section 6). • Retroactive DEFRA payments. • Payments made under P.L. 100-383 Wartime Relocation of Citizens. These are restitution payments made by the U.S. government to individual Japanese-Americans or their survivors and Aleuts who were interned or relocated during World War II. • Monies received as a result of P.L. 101-41, Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989.