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• Child Care Counts supplementary payments. These payments are awarded to child care providers. • Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance (WERA) payments. • COVID-19 Funeral Assistance. • Emergency Assistance for Rural Housing/Rural Rental Assistance. • Homeowner Assistance Fund. • Housing Assistance and Supporting Services Programs for Native Americans. • Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) payments, which include payments from the following funds: ◦ Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund ◦ Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund ◦ Emergency Assistance to non-Public School (EANS) Fund ◦ Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) Fund payments • Economic relief payments paid directly from a tribal government to a tribal member using local government relief funds provided through the CARES Act. • A Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. The loan itself is not counted as income. However, if the loan is being used to pay employee wages, the wages are counted as income for the employee who receives them. See SECTION 15.4.25 CERTAIN PAYMENT TYPES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC for countable types of pandemic-related unemployment compensation benefits. 15.3.31 Cash Benefits Received in Conjunction with Medical and Social Services The treatment of cash benefits received in conjunction with medical and social services depends on whether it is provided by a governmental or nongovernmental organization. To be considered governmental, the program must be authorized by federal, state, or local law, statute, or ordinance to provide medical or social services. This includes entities that are under contract with a federal, state, or local government to provide services. Disregard any cash benefits provided by a governmental medical or social services program. Disregard cash benefits provided by a nongovernmental medical or social services organization if either of the following conditions is met: • The cash is for approved medical or social services already received. • The cash is only for the future purchase of medical- or social service-related items. 15.3.32 Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Disregard all Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits. A supplemental benefit is an item or service provided by a Medicare Advantage Plan that is not covered by original Medicare. Example 10 Mariel received a prepaid debit card from her dual eligible special needs (D-SNP) plan as a wellness benefit that she can use to purchase healthy food and over-the-counter medications. The funds on the debit card must not be counted as income or assets.