AFDC Relatedness Test 447-10-20-15-05

(Revised 4/23/22 ML #3666)

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Applies to Title IV-E benefits only.

 

A child meets the AFDC relatedness test if one of the following conditions is met:

   

*

based on July 16, 1996 rules.

 

Both tests require that you look at the home from which the child was legally removed. The removal home for IV-E eligibility determination is the household of the person(s) from whom custody of the child was judicially taken or voluntarily given to the State.

 

To be IV-E eligible, a child must have lived with a parent or other specified relative at some point in the preceding six months of the month of the initiation of court proceedings to remove the child. The “living with” and “removal from” requirements have to be satisfied by the same specified relative. If a child lived with no relative during this period, the child is not IV-E eligible during the entire episode of foster care.

 

The second test requires reconstruction of the child's situation in the eligibility month to determine whether AFDC eligibility was possible. In essence, the tests measure the same set of categorical circumstances in which the child found himself. In the first test those circumstances were actually documented; in the second, the agency must attempt to determine retrospectively whether those circumstances existed.  

 

To determine the preceding period to be considered, first identify the date on which the petition to remove the child was filed. (Note that this may differ from the “clocked” petition date.) In the event that no petition was submitted, use the date of the earliest court order, which removes the child. Beginning with the month preceding this date, count back six months. The period begins on the first day of that six-month period and ends on the petition date.

 

Three circumstances which define AFDC eligibility (or hypothetical AFDC eligibility) are the following for Title IV-E purposes:

  1. Living with a Specified Relative

During the month(s) under consideration, the child must have lived with a specified relative. A specified relative is defined as:

  1. Any relation by blood (including half-blood), marriage, or adoption who is within the fifth degree of kinship to the dependent child.

The caretaker relative must therefore be a parent (1st degree), grandparent (2nd degree), sibling (2nd degree), great-grandparent (3rd degree), uncle or aunt (3rd degree), nephew or niece (3rd degree), great-great grandparent (4th degree), great-uncle or aunt (4th degree), first cousin (4th degree), great-great-great grandparent (5th degree), great-great uncle or aunt (5th degree), or a first cousin once removed (5th degree).

  1. Stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister.
  2. Persons who legally adopt a child, as well as the natural and other legally adopted children of such persons; or
  3. Spouses of any persons named in the above groups even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce.

 

A child is considered to have been “living with” a parent or other specified relative if the child resided with that person for at least one night in any household during the period under consideration. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the intent to live with the person should be assumed.

 

EXAMPLE A:

The petition is filed for placement of a child on July 31, 2004, and the child went into foster care on that day. The period to be considered for the "living with" requirement is January 1, 2004, through July 31, 2004. The child lived with friends for the month of January, returned to the parental home in February, and then a run away shelter until the child’s placement in foster care. Since the child resided with the specified relative within six months of the petition to the court that let to the removal, the child may be IV-E eligible, assuming other IV-E conditions are met.

 

EXAMPLE B:

The petition is filed for placement of a child on July 31, 2004, and the child went into foster care on that day. The period to be considered for the "living with" requirement is January 1, 2004, through July 31, 2004. The child lived in a runaway shelter continuously from December 25, 2003, through July 31, 2004. This child is not IV-E eligible during the entire foster care episode, which commenced July 31, 1999.

 

EXAMPLE C:

A child lives with a related caretaker who is not the child’s legal guardian for seven months before the caretaker contacted the agency to remove the child from his/her home. The agency petitions the court and the court removes custody from the parents and the agency physically removes the child from the home of the related caretaker. The child is ineligible for IV-E foster care since he or she had not lived with a specified relative who is the child’s legal guardian within six months of the agency’s petition to the court.

 

Removal home:

Once the “living with” requirement is established, the next step is to determine the removal home to be used in the deprivation and resource test for AFDC relatedness. The applicable court order(s) are critical for determining the removal home, it is the legal home of removal which is the focus of the IV-E eligibility determination. All of the signed court orders pertaining to each case must be in the case file.  

 

Federal regulations effective March 27, 2000, revised the requirements of a “removal home” to include a provision for “constructive removal,” defined to include all of the following:

“Removal” previously meant strictly a physical removal from the home of a specified relative. The new federal regulations effective March 27, 2000, added the concept of “constructive removal,” which is a non-physical removal and applies to situations where a child is living with a relative or non-relative caretaker but has lived with a parent or other specified relative who is the child’s caretaker within the last six months, and legal custody is removed from the parent/guardian and the child continues to reside with the caretaker.

 

For example, child was living with mother. Mother left child with grandmother – mother failed to return. Court removed custody from mother and gave care, custody, and control to county social services. Court order had all requisite foster care findings and all other IV-E requirements were met.  Grandmother was licensed to provider foster care. This is a IV-E eligible situation. It is considered a constructive removal.

 

Federal Regulations provide (1356.21):

A removal has not occurred in situations where legal custody is removed from the parent or relative and the child remains with the same relative in that home under supervision by the State agency.

 

A child is considered constructively removed on the date of the first judicial order removing custody, even temporarily, from the appropriate specified relative or the date that the voluntary placement agreement is signed by all relevant parties.  

 

Refer to the following chart entitled “Home of Removal” together with sample cases “Six Case Examples – Is this Constructive Removal” to help identify case situations which can be claimed as “constructive removals.” Please refer your questions to the regional supervisor at your human service center, or Children and Family Services Division.

 

 

HOME OF REMOVAL

 

Child

 

 

Title IV-E

Old Federal Regs

Federal

 Regs

3/27/00

Capitola

Case*

1

Lives in Court Ordered Removal Home Example:  Case #1

N

N

--

2

Lived with no relative prior 6 months Example:  Case #2

N

N

--

3

Physical removal from eligible Court Ordered Removal Home Example:  Case #3

E

E

--

4

Not physically removed by Court Order Lived with Eligible Court Ordered Removal Home within 6 months “Constructive Removal” Example:  Case #4

N

E

E

5

Not physically removed by Court Order Lived with Eligible Court Ordered Removal Home over 6 months ago Example:  Case #5

N

N

E

6

Not physically removed by Court Order Lives with relative over 6 months Court Ordered Removal Home not eligible Example:  Case #6

N

N

 

 

* Capitola Case: Land v. Anderson case re: “constructive removal” – appeal pending.

 

Six Case Examples – Is This Constructive Removal?

 

Case #1:  Child has been legally removed from parent’s custody into agency custody, with the stipulation that the child may reside in the parent’s home under agency supervision until the agency decides otherwise. In other words, the child is still at home after the court ordered “legal” removal. This child was not IV-E eligible under the old rules and is not IV-E eligible under the new rules. If child needs to enter foster care, a new court ordered removal with all requisite foster care language is required.  This applies to any child.

 

Case #2:  Child lived with no relative during the six months prior to the petition or court order month. Under both old and new federal rules, this case is not IV-E eligible since it does not meet the AFDC requirement of living with a specified relative in the six months preceding application.

 

Case #3:  Child is physically removed from parent’s or other relative’s home by court order. The removal home was AFDC eligible (or would have been eligible) in the removal month.  Case is Title IV-E eligible under both old and new regulations.

 

Case #4:  Child was legally removed by court order from an AFDC eligible home, in which the child was not residing in the petition/court order month, but in which the child lived within the six months preceding that month. The child would not have been eligible under the old federal regulations because there was no physical removal. Under the new federal regulations, the case is Title IV-E eligible, as the new regulations consider this a “constructive” removal.

 

Case #5: This is the Capitola Land case. The court legally removed the child from an AFDC eligible home which the child had left more than six months previously. At the time of court action, the child was residing in another relative’s AFDC eligible home.  Under the old regulations this was not Title IV-E because there was no physical removal pursuant to the court order. The new regulations say this is not Title IV-E eligible because the child did not live with the AFDC eligible relative during the six months prior to the petition/court order month. The Land v. Anderson decision holds this case to be Title IV-E eligible. The Land v. Anderson decision of the California Supreme Court is under appeal in the federal Ninth Circuit Court.

 

Case #6:  In this situation, the removal home was not AFDC eligible, but the current home where the child resides is AFDC eligible. This child is not Title IV-E eligible under the old rule (no physical removal) and not Title IV-E eligible under the new rule (constructive removal home was not Title IV-E eligible).

 

NOTE:  In any case eligible for foster care, the court order must have all requisite foster care elements.

  1.  Deprivation

The AFDC deprivation factor means that the child has been deprived of the support of one or both parents as the result of:

  1. Death of a parent
  2. Continued absence of parent:
  1. Separation or Divorce
  2. Imprisonment
  3. Unmarried Parenthood
  4. Desertion/Abandonment.

 

Absence due solely to active duty in the armed forces, employment, school, or training is not deprivation.  Also, if a parent is expected to return home within 30 days, deprivation is not present.

  1. Physical or mental incapacity of a parent.  The incapacity must last at least 30 days and must reduce the person’s ability to work or provide care for a child and must be documented in the case record.

 

Incapacitation may be demonstrated by any one of the following:

  1. A visually observable incapacity documented by the caseworker.
  2. A medical report from a physician indicating that the incapacity will exist for at least 30 days and impairs ability to work or care for the child.
  3. A parent’s receipt of SSI for disability or blindness, or recognition of disability or blindness by the Veteran’s Administration or Social Security Administration.
  4. Unemployment or underemployment of the principal wage earner.  

 

A child living with both parents is deprived of parental support if the principal wage earner is unemployed or underemployed and meets requirements listed below.

 

Principal Wage Earner:

A primary wage earner must be established when both the biological or adoptive parents reside in the same household before it can be determined if the deprivation of unemployed or underemployed applies.

 

The primary wage earner is defined as the parent who earned the greater amount in the 24 month period prior to the eligibility month. This parent remains the principal wage earner for as long as the child is in custody during the current custody episode.

 

If both parents earned an identical amount of income (or earned no income) in such 24-month period, the agency shall designate which parent shall be the principal earner.

 

Unemployed or Underemployed of the Principal Wage Earner.

 

A child is considered to have a deprivation of unemployed/underemployed parent when the established primary wage earner (PWE) is:

  1. Unemployed in the eligibility month and unemployed in the month prior to the eligibility month or
  2. Underemployed due to intermittent work. Intermittent work is defined as the PWE is employed in the eligibility month, but worked less than 100 hours in each of the two months prior to the eligibility month.

The number of employment hours include reported hours worked and any hours claimed as holiday and sick pay hours; or if self-employed, in the absence of credible information, by dividing the gross monthly income by minimum wage.

 

The household income cannot exceed the 185% Standards and Net Income (Need) standard for the household size.

 

When the only means of income to a household is self-employment and both parents are actively involved in the business, consider both parents working more than 100 hours.

 

If the parent is on paid leave from an employer (such as sick or vacation leave), the parent is not considered to be unemployed or working less than 100 hours. Any paid hours count as employed hours.

 

AFDC GROUP

The AFDC group (filing unit/household composition) for initial IV-E eligibility determination is the grouping of persons from the removal home whose income and assets are considered in determining financial need.

  1. If the child’s parent was the caretaker relative from whom custody was judicially taken or voluntarily given to the State, the AFDC group includes:
  1. The child;
  2. Biological or adoptive parents; and
  3. Biological, adoptive, and half-siblings of the foster child who meet the definition of dependent child and who live in the same household.
  1. If the caretaker relative from whom custody was judicially taken  or voluntarily given to the State was not the child’s parent, the AFDC group includes:
  1. The child; and
  2. Any biological, adoptive, and half-siblings of the foster child who meet the definition of dependent child, and who live in the same household.
  3. Any household member receiving SSI benefits is not counted as a member of the AFDC group, unless the household member is the foster child. In addition, the SSI benefits and any other income or assets of the SSI recipient are not counted in determining financial need. (The foster child is counted as a member of the AFDC group, even if the child has SSI. The child’s income and assets are excluded.)
  4. A stepparent is not counted as a member of the child’s AFDC Group, but is a member of the stepparent’s AFDC group. The stepparent’s AFDC group is utilized in deeming the stepparent’s income.
  5. A child receiving adoption assistance, other than the foster child, may be excluded from the AFDC group. (The child’s income and assets are not counted if excluded from the AFDC group.) If the adoption assistance recipient is the foster child, do not count the child’s income and assets when determining eligibility; however, count the child as a member of the AFDC group.

 

The following must be considered in order to determine need:

  1. Asset Limit and Definition

 

Countable assets of the AFDC group may not exceed $10,000 during the eligibility month.  Assets are defined as a “resource that a person possesses or owns.”  Assets must be available, which means that a member of the AFDC group owns it or has the legal right to sell it or dispose of it for the individual’s own benefit.  An asset is determined by its equity value, which is the current market value minus any debts still owing on the asset.

 

 

Countable Assets

 

Countable assets may include:

 

Asset Exclusions

 

Exclude the following from countable assets:

 

 

Availability of Assets

Count only assets that are available to the AFDC group. Assets are available when an individual legally owns the asset and has possession of the asset.

 

 

Joint Accounts

When a person in the AFDC group and someone who is not in the AFDC group jointly owns a bank account, count all of the funds as an asset for the person in the AFDC group if the AFDC group member can legally withdraw the funds from the account.

 

If one account holder is in the AFDC group and another account holder is not in the AFDC group but is in an FEP assistance household, divide the funds equally between the two households.

 

If the person claims that the asset does not belong to him/her, allow the individual to refute ownership.  Document why the joint account was set up and who made the deposits and withdrawals from the account.

 

 

Joint Ownership of Assets

If more than one person owns property, determine the share that belongs to the person(s) in the AFDC group. Unless there is a condition of ownership specifically prohibiting the sale of any part of the asset without permission of all owners, the share that belongs to the person in the AFDC group is counted as an available asset.

 

When Legal Factors Hinder the Availability of an Asset

 

When determining if an AFDC group meets the asset limit during the eligibility month, if legal factors hinder making the asset available, the asset is exempt. For example, a condition of ownership may prohibit selling the asset without the consent of both parties.  In this case, the asset is exempt because legal factors hinder making the asset available.

 

If the cost of making the asset available exceeds its value, efforts do not have to be made to make the asset available.

  1. Income

Income eligibility determination is based upon the best estimate of income, AFDC group size, and child care costs during the eligibility month, based upon available information.  Past income and consideration of changes during the eligibility month should be taken into account when determining AFDC group income.  Information needs to be verified.  A parent’s signed statement of income meets the verification requirement.

 

Use the household and worker’s reasonable expectations and knowledge of the circumstances during the eligibility month when determining income.  Document the AFDC group’s earned and unearned income clearly in the case record.

 

Income and resources are considered available both when accessible and when the applicant or recipient has a legal interest in a liquidated sum and has the legal ability to make such sum available for support and maintenance.

 

To assess whether money held in a trust fund or pooled fund account must be counted in the AFDC determination, the title IV-E agency must assess whether the funds are available to the AFDC assistance unit in or for the month in which the court proceeding to remove the child is initiated.

 

The following three examples are based on an AFDC eligibility determination that is made in or for the month in which the court proceeding to remove the child is initiated:

 

- If funds are held in such account as a trust fund or pooled fund account and the funds are not available to the AFDC family unit to use for the child’s (or another individual in the AFDC family unit’s) support and maintenance, then the funds are not counted as income or as resources when making an AFDC eligibility determination.

 

- If some or all of the funds are considered available to the child, the amount of the funds that are available will be counted as income for the month in which the funds become available for purposes of an AFDC eligibility determination.

 

- To the extent that funds remain available in the subsequent month, the remaining amount would be considered as a resource until the entire amount disbursed has been exhausted in accordance with AFDC policy. For example, if the child was removed during the month after the month in which the AFDC family unit received the lump sum income from the trust, the remaining amount would be considered a resource during the month in which the child was removed.

 

For Tribal Nations, People’s Fund disbursements are considered unearned income when received in the foster care eligibility month or distributed prior to the time of the child’s entry into a foster care placement. Disbursements received in the months prior to and after the date of the child’s legal removal from the home are not subject to proration or considered unearned income in the eligibility month. Any disbursement amount that is retained and is available to the AFDC Unit in the eligibility month is considered an asset for eligibility purposes.

 

Income Tests

The AFDC group must pass two income tests for the eligibility month for the initial IV-E eligibility determination.

 

First Test = 185% Income Test

 

The AFDC group’s countable gross income must not exceed 185% of the AFDC Need Standard.  Gross countable income is total income, earned and unearned, the AFDC group received during the eligibility month plus any deemed stepparent income. Do not count excluded earned and unearned income. If the gross income is less than or equal to 185% of the AFDC Need Standard, proceed to the second income test. If the gross income is more than 185% of the AFDC Need Standard, the foster child is not IV-E eligible.

 

 

Second Test = 100% Income Test

 

The AFDC group’s countable gross income minus allowable deductions must not exceed 100% of the AFDC Need Standard. This is determined by subtracting allowable deductions from countable earned income (not less than zero), and adding this adjusted earned income to the countable unearned income and any deemed stepparent income. Allowable deductions from earned income include:

  1. Work Allowance

Subtract $90.00 work expense allowance from each employed person’s earnings in the household.

  1. Day Care

Subtract the monthly cost of day care from the earned income of the member of the AFDC group paying the expense if: (1) the day care expense is for a child or an adult member of the AFDC group, and (2) the day care expense is paid to a person not included in the AFDC group. The day care expense may be deducted up to the limits as specified below:

 

     

 

Child Under Age 2

$200 per person/month

 

Age 2 or Over

$175 per person/month

 

If the net income is less than the AFDC Need Standard, the household meets the income criteria for AFDC eligibility. If the net income is EQUAL to OR GREATER than the AFDC Need Standard, the household does not meet the income criteria for AFDC eligibility and the foster child is not IV-E eligible.

 

 

Deeming Stepparent Income

If a stepparent lives in the household, the stepparent’s gross income must be “deemed” to the foster child. Deeming means determining the amount of the stepparent’s income to be included in the total gross income available to the foster child. To determine the deemed amount:

 

Determine the stepparent’s gross income (earned and unearned).

 

Determine the AFDC group size for the stepparent. The AFDC group size consists of the stepparent and any of the stepparent’s biological or adoptive children who meet the dependent child criteria (living in the home, or out of the home and not receiving child support) who are not a child in common with the other spouse in the household. (The stepparent will not be counted in the AFDC group for the foster child.)

 

Subtract $90 earned income work deduction if the stepparent is working.

 

Subtract the 100% AFDC Need Standard amount for the stepparent’s AFDC group size.

 

Subtract any child support/alimony the stepparent is paying.

 

The remaining income is the income to be deemed (added) to the child’s available income.  (For the 100% income test, do not deduct the $90 earned income work deduction again.)

 

 

Lump Sum Payments as Income

Lump sum payments, such as Social Security lump sums and severance pay, are income and can be earned or unearned.  Costs of legal fees expended to make the lump sum available, payments for past medical bills, and funeral or burial expenses (if the lump sum was intended to cover funeral or burial expenses) are subtracted from the lump sum before determining income eligibility.

 

 

Counting Lump Sum Payments for Initial Eligibility

A lump sum received during the eligibility month is counted as income in the month received. If the lump sum belongs to the foster child and has not been fully spent during the eligibility month, any remaining portion is an asset.

 

A lump sum received prior to the eligibility month is not countable as income. Any remaining portion of the lump sum left during the eligibility month is an asset.

 

Do not count any lump sum payments received by an SSI recipient as either income or assets when determining if a household meets AFDC criteria.

 

 

Unearned Income

  1. Countable Unearned Income

Unearned income is income received by an individual for which no service is performed.  Countable unearned income includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Pensions and annuities such as Railroad Retirement, Social Security, Veterans Administration, and Civil Service payments.

 

Disability benefits such as industrial compensation, sick pay or worker’s compensation, mortgage insurance, and paycheck insurance.

 

Unemployment compensation.

 

Strike or union benefits.

 

VA allotments and GI Bill.

 

Child support (after $50 deduction per household) and alimony. Child support and alimony payments belong to the person for whom they are intended, not the person who may be receiving payments on behalf of the individual.

 

Money from churches, charitable organizations, lodges, unions, friends, or relatives (except as noted under exemptions for gifts, below).

 

Interest and dividend payments from stocks, bonds, savings, and insurance.

 

Trusts, inheritances, personal injury settlements, and life insurance benefits.

 

Tribal fund gratuities.

 

JTPA needs based payments and supported service payments that are not reimbursements.

 

Money from sales contracts and mortgages.

 

Rental income, if another individual or company manages the rental property for the owner.  (In these cases, the owner collects money from the manager.)

 

 

Unearned Income Exclusions

The following types of unearned income are not counted for AFDC purposes:

Foster care payments, adoption assistance payments, or cost of care payments for a child in State custody.

 

All unearned in-kind income.

 

Income of an SSI recipient.  (Do not count SSI income or any other income received by an SSI recipient.)

 

The first $50.00 of current child support payments collected each month.

 

JTPA unearned income of a dependent child.

 

Travel and training allowances and reimbursement.

 

Educational assistance and college work study, with the exception of Veterans Educational Assistance intended for family members of the student.

 

Loans, including reverse equity loans, endorsed in writing for payment.

 

Cash gifts of up to $30 per household member received in any one quarter.  (Count the amount exceeding the $30 limit.)

 

Cash to pay for shared living expenses received from a person living in the removal home who is not a member of the AFDC group.

 

Income tax refunds and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) payments.

 

Payments for home energy assistance, rental subsidies, and relocation assistance.

 

Food programs such as Food Stamps, WIC, USDA surplus food, home delivered meals, or school lunch.

 

Special payments made by law, including:

Payments or reimbursements made to volunteers under the Retired Senior Volunteers Program, Green Thumb, Foster Grandparent Program, VISTA volunteers, Senior Health Aides, SCORE, Senior Companion Program, and ACE.

 

Payments to Japanese and Aleut people who were relocated during wartime.

 

Payments made from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established pursuant to the settlement in the In Re Agent Orange product liability litigation.

 

Payments made from the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

 

Payments under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988.

 

 

Certain Native American Payments

Income accrues too many Indians from leasing real property held in trust by the federal government.  Such income includes payments from range unit leasing, farm leases, gravel pit contract sales, etc. Lease payments are usually deposited in and disbursed through Individual Indian Monies (IIM) Accounts, maintained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, although they are sometimes made directly to the applicant/recipient by the lessee. Please note that the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 provides that up to $2,000 per year of income received by the individual Indians (IIM’s) which is derived from leases or other uses of individually owned trust or restricted lands shall not be counted as income.

 

Eligibility staff must verify Individual Indian Monies (IIM) Accounts in order to determine the yearly amount and source of income deposited for exclusion purposes. Although other forms of verification are acceptable, county social service boards can best obtain information about deposits to IIM Accounts for each member of the assistance unit by use of SFN 42/413, “Individual Indian Monies Account.”  

 

Under P.L. 93-134, enacted October 19, 1973, judgment funds distributed after that date to members of Indian tribes are to be disregarded as income or assets. To remain exempt, however, per capita funds must be kept separate and apart from countable assets. Otherwise it is not possible to differentiate between funds that are exempt and funds that are not. Commingling of funds renders the entire account nonexempt.

 

Any proceeds from tribal gaming/gambling establishments distributed to enrolled tribal members (residing on or off the reservation) must be considered unearned income.

 

 

Earned Income

 

Countable Earned Income

 

Earned income is income in cash or in-kind for which a person performs a service. Sources of earned income include, but are not limited to:

Wages, salaries, bonuses, commissions, and tips, including JTPA wages of a child other than the foster child, Job Corps payments, Americorps living allowances and deemed income of a stepparent.

 

Sick pay and temporary disability insurance or temporary workers compensation payments, which are employer funded.

 

Severance pay, including the cash-out of vacation pay and sick pay.

 

Rental income, only if the owner to receive the income performs managerial duties.

 

Monies from self-employment, including earnings over a period of time for which settlement is made at one given time, such as farm crops, livestock, and poultry.

 

Training incentive payments and work allowances.

 

Benefits received by a household member as a reward for service, such as free shelter, vendor payments, or any additional allowances given for shelter to a member of the armed forces.

 

Certain aliens who have been legally admitted in the United States for permanent residence must have income of their sponsors counted when determining eligibility for AFDC. Contact the Title IV-E/Medicaid Trainer for more details when a sponsor is involved.

 

 

Earned Income Exclusions

Incentive and training expenses paid under a client’s plan with the Department of Workforce Services.

 

Reimbursements from an employer for any work expense or allowances from an employer for travel and training.

 

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) payments received as part of the regular paycheck or received as a lump sum along with the household’s income tax refund.

 

Income paid by the U.S. Census Bureau to temporary census takers.

 

JTPA earned income of a dependent child.

 

A child’s earned income who is a full-time student.