Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart C - FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY › Section 113.113 - Exempt Unearned Income

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
				following unearned income from governmental sources shall be exempt from
				consideration in determining eligibility for assistance and the amount of the
				assistance payment:
1) The value of the
				benefit allotment under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 USC
				2017(b));
2) The value of the U.S. Department of
				Agriculture donated foods (surplus commodities);
3) The value of supplemental food assistance
				received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 USC
				1780(b)), and the special
				food service program for children under the Richard B. Russell National School
				Lunch Act, as amended (42 USC
				1760);
4) Any benefits received under Title VII,
				Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
				amended (42 USC 3045 et seq.);
5)
				Any payment received under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
				Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42
				USC 4636);
6) Any funds distributed per capita or held
				in trust for members of any Indian Tribe under P.L. 92-254, P.L. 93-134, or
				P.L. 94-540;
7) Tax exempt portions
				of payments made pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (42 USC
				1601 et seq.);
8) Any compensation
				provided to individual volunteers under the Retired Senior Volunteer Program
				and the Foster Grandparent Program and Older Americans Community Service
				Programs established under Title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
				amended (42 USC 3045 et seq.);
9)
				Payments to Volunteers under the 1973 Domestic Volunteer Service Act (48 USC
				5044(q)). These include:
A) Vista Volunteers;
				and
B) Volunteers serving as senior
				health aides, senior companions, foster grandparents, or persons serving in the
				Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCOPE) or the Active Corps of Executives
				(ACE);
10) Income
				received under the provisions of Section 1 of the Illinois Senior Citizens and
				Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act [320 ILCS
				25/1]. This includes both the benefits commonly known
				as the "circuit breaker" and "additional grants";
11) Experimental Housing Allowance Program
				payments made under Annual Contributions Contracts entered into prior to
				January 1, 1975 under Section 23 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended
				(42 USC
				1437(f));
12) Any payments distributed per capita or
				held in trust for members of Indian tribes under Sections 5 of P.L. 94-114 that
				became effective October 17, 1975;
13) SSI lump sum payments received by MANG
				participants who reside in the community (not residing in a long term care
				facility, DMHDD facility or other medical facility);
14) Any adoption subsidy received from
				DCFS;
15) Any foster care payment
				received from DCFS except independent living arrangement payments;
16) Title IV-E adoption assistance or foster
				care payment received from a state welfare agency of another state are exempt
				for MANG;
17) Any payment received
				from the Self Sufficiency Trust Fund established in accordance with Section
				21.1 of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act
				[20 ILCS
				1705/21.1];
18) Any payment received under Title I of
				P.L. 100-383, the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which provides that restitution
				shall be made to United States citizens and permanent resident aliens of
				Japanese ancestry who were interned during World War II;
19) Any payment received under Title II of
				P.L. 100-383, the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act, which provides
				that restitution shall be made to any Aleut living on the date of enactment of
				P.L. 100-383 (August 10, 1988) who, as a civilian, was relocated by authority
				of the United States from his or her home village on the Pribilof Islands or
				the Aleutian Islands west of Unimak Island to an internment camp, or other
				temporary facility or location during World War II; or who was born while his
				or her natural mother was subject to such relocation;
20) Payments made to veterans who receive an
				annual disability payment or to the survivors of deceased veterans who receive
				a one-time lump sum payment from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other
				fund referencing Agent Orange product liability under
				P.L.
				101-201;
21) Payments received under the Radiation
				Exposure Compensation Act (42 USC
				2210);
22) Money received from the Social Security
				Administration under a Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) (see
				42
				USC 1382a);
23) Earnings, allowances, and payments
				received under Title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
				(42 USC
				12501);
24) Disaster relief payments provided by
				federal, state or local government or a disaster assistance
				organization;
25) The amount of
				earned income tax credit which the client receives as advance payment or as a
				refund of federal income tax;
26)
				German reparation payments made under the Federal Republic of Germany's Law for
				Compensation of National Socialist Persecution (Germany Restitution Act) to
				survivors of the Holocaust (see 20 CFR 416.1124b) (2009);
27) Payments of up to $2000 per year derived
				from individual interests in Indian trust or restricted lands under
				P.L.
				103-66;
28) Payments made under the federal Crime Act
				of 1984 (as amended by
				P.L.
				104-132,
				Section
				234, Crime Victims Fund);
29) The $25 per week increase in Unemployment
				Compensation Benefits authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment
				Act of 2009 (Div. B, Title II ,
				Sec.
				2002 of
				P.L.
				111-5);
30) The Economic Recovery Payment to
				recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Railroad
				Retirement Benefits, and Veterans Disability Compensation or Pension Benefits
				authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Div. B,
				Title II , Sec.
				2001 of
				P.L.
				111-5);
31) Payments to eligible persons who served
				in the United States Armed Forces in the Far East during World War II
				authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Div. A,
				Title X , Sec.
				1002 of
				P.L.
				111-5); and
32) Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE)
				account balance and earnings.