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• Green Thumb • Experience Works • The National Urban League • National Senior Citizens Education and Research Center (Senior Aides) • National Indian Council on Aging • U.S.D.A. Forest Service • WISE • Community service employment programs, such as the Older Americans Community Service Program Identify programs funded under Title V of the Older Americans Act using documents provided by the member, contacts with the provider, or a local council on aging. Do not count reimbursements (see SECTION 16.2 INCOME TYPES NOT COUNTED, #19 REIMBURSEMENTS). 6. Live-in care providers. Do not count any wages of a live-in care provider if those wages meet the required conditions listed in SECTION 16.2 INCOME TYPES NOT COUNTED, #47 LIVE-IN CARE PROVIDERS. See SECTION 16.4.4.2 LIVE-IN CARE PROVIDERS for more information about verifying whether the wages should be counted. 7. Prison or Jail Job. Count income that an inmate earns from a prison or jail job that pays less than minimum wage, such as jobs through Badger State Industries (BSI). This income does not need to be verified. 16.4.2 Room and Board Income There are no special deductions if the income is reported as room and board income. If room and board income is reported as self-employment income, see SECTION 16.4.3 SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME. 16.4.3 Self-Employment Income 16.4.3.1 Definitions 16.4.3.1.1 Income Self-employment income is income derived directly from one's own business rather than as an employee with a specified salary or wages from an employer. 16.4.3.1.2 Business Business means an occupation, work, or trade in which a person is engaged as a means of livelihood. 16.4.3.1.3 Operating A business is operating when it is ready to function in its specific purpose. The period of operation begins when the business first opens and generally continues uninterrupted up to the present. A business is operating even if there are no sales and no work is being performed. Thus a seasonal business operates in the off season unless there has been a significant change in circumstances (see SECTION 16.4.3.4.3 ANTICIPATED EARNINGS).