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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 213 Chapter 4 Income
• Needs-based payments resulting from the Refugee Act of 1980. • Payments from the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. • Payments from general assistance programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. • Payments from the VA programs when such payments are based on need. See Section 4.3. • SSI. • State or local government assistance programs based on need. Earned income tax credits (EITC) payments and tax refunds are not considered to be based on need. • WV WORKS. 4.15.4.D.2 Other Excluded Income Sources Other excluded sources are: • Any portion of a grant, scholarship, fellowship, or gift used to pay tuition and fees. • Money received for providing foster care to an ineligible child. • The value of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or Department of Agriculture-donated foods. • Home produce for personal consumption. • Tax refunds on income, real property or food purchased by the family. • Income used to fulfill an approved PASS. • Income used to comply with the terms of court-ordered support or support payments enforced under Title IV-D. • Periodic payments made by a state under a program established before 7/1/73 and based solely on duration of residence and attaining age 65. Only Alaska makes such payments. • Infrequent or irregular income. • Work expenses of a blind individual. • Income of the ineligible individual or parent that is paid under a federal, state, or local program to provide chore, attendant, or homemaker services to the eligible individual. • Home energy assistance.