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61 Revised: August 2025 Ignored Income Types • Severance pay • Tax intercept • Homestead Tax Credit +If the lump sum payment includes an amount paid specifically for the prior month test period, that portion is counted as income. Medicaid Purchase Plan (MAPP) Income Wisconsin’s Medicaid Purchase Plan (MAPP) offers people with disabilities, who are working or interested in working, the opportunity to buy health care coverage through the Wisconsin Medicaid Program. A person meets the work requirement for MAPP if engaged in a work activity at least one time per month. Any wages earned to meet this requirement shall not be counted on the application. Medical Attendants or Caregivers for Individuals with a Disability • Payments to a disabled person for the services of a medical attendant or live-in medical aide when the money is paid in total to the attendant or aid for services rendered are ignored. • Payments to a medical aide or caregiver for their services are ignored when living in the home of the disabled person. Agencies may contact the HE+ Help Desk to request an exception. Payments Made to a Third Party • Rent payments paid by a relative who is not a household member. • Payments by a government agency to a child caring institution providing day care for a household member. • Payments of a household's medical bills made directly to a hospital by an insurance company. Refunds and Overpayments If overpayments are received in the prior month test period that the applicant is responsible to re-pay, do not count the amount of the overpayment. If repayment of overpayments is withheld from an assistance payment or other source of income, count the full amount of the income before the overpayment is removed. Reimbursements (Money Paid to the Household for Incurred Expense) As long as the payment is not more than what the household actually spent and is not for normal household living expenses or shelter costs (rent, clothing, or food eaten at home). If the reimbursement was more than the actual expense, count the extra as income. Reimbursement examples: • Flat allowances or per diem for job or training related expenses such as travel, uniforms, and transportation to and from a job or training site, including travel expenses of migrant workers • Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by volunteers • Reimbursement or allowances for students for specific education expenses, i.e., travel or books • Medical and dependent care • Services provided under federal Block Grant programs • Respite Care received to pay for services