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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 211 Chapter 4 Income

4.15.4 SPECIAL SITUATIONS 4.15.4.A Income from Self-Employment Gross profit is determined the same way it is for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)-Related Medicaid. See Section 4.16. The gross profit may be earned or unearned income. See Section 4.3. 4.15.4.B Annual Contract Employment Annual contract employment is treated the same way it is for AFDC-Related Medicaid. See Section 4.16. 4.15.4.C Educational Income 4.15.4.C.1 Title IV Educational Assistance 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. Examples of Title IV educational assistance are: • 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