417-17 Public Assistance Exclusions

Effective Date: November 1, 2021

No Previous Policy

Public Assistance

 

Do not count the payments from the following programs as income.

 

1. Family Employment Program
2. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
3. Child Care Assistance
4. Refugee Cash Assistance

5.    Subsidized Adoption Payments

6.    Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP)

7.    Surplus food donated by the USDA

8.    Energy assistance payments

·       HEAT payments

·       Utility payments made by other agencies

·       Weatherization improvements to a individual's home provided by other agencies.

9.    WIC vouchers

10.  Reimbursement from the Child Care Food Program (CCFP)

11.  Supplement food assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

12.  Food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act.

13.  Y and Z funds paid by the Department of Workforce Services.

14.  Refunds of Medicare Premiums from the Social Security Administration.

15.  Payments or the value of payments for Attendant Care from DSPD or other agencies.  This includes people receiving these services under a Home and Community-based waiver program. 

16.  Money a disabled person receives from DSPD to pay for attendant care if:

a.    The money is used to pay for attendant care, and

b.    The person providing the care is not financially responsible for the person receiving the care.

17.  SSI payments or state supplemental payments for the individual receiving SSI or state supplements to determine the individual's eligibility.

a.    Do not count any other income of the SSI recipient.

18.  Do not count payments from a Federal, State, or local government program if it is given to help the individual get medical or social services. This includes cash payments from a government program for vocational rehabilitation.