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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 166 Chapter 4 Income

4.7.5.C Educational Income All student financial assistance, funded in whole or in part under Title IV of the Higher Education Act or the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is excluded in its entirety. Treatment of educational income and expenses depends upon the source of income and the intended use. 4.7.5.C.1 Sources That Are Totally Excluded Funds from the following sources are totally excluded: • Federal Pell Grants. • Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG). • Guaranteed Student Loans, including William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and Federal Direct PLUS Loans, Supplemental Loans for Students, and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program Loans. • Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) and Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP) Programs, formerly known as State Student Incentive Grants. • Federal Perkins Loans. • Federal Stafford Loans. • Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship. • Loans for educational expenses that meet the definition of a bona fide loan, as found in Section 4.2, Definitions. 4.7.5.C.2 College Work Study (CWS) Program Income received from CWS Programs, funded in whole or in part under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, is excluded. Income received from CWS Programs not funded under Title IV that is needed for the educational program or course of study is excluded. Any portion specifically earmarked for