Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 240 - COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAM › Subpart H - FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 240.830 - Unearned Income Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unearned income is all income other than that received in the
				  form of salary or wages for services performed as an employee or profits from
				  self-employment.
a) The following
				unearned income shall be exempt from consideration in determining eligibility:
1) Any allotment under SNAP (
				7 USC
				2017(b) );
2) The value of the U.S. Department of
				Agriculture donated foods (surplus commodities);
3) Any payment received under the Uniform
				Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (
				42
				USC 4636 );
4) Any per capita judgment funds paid under
				Public Law
				92-254 to members of the Blackfeet Tribe of the
				Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana and Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap
				Reservation, Montana (
				25 USC
				1264 );
5) Any benefits received under Title III,
				Nutrition Program for the elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
				amended (
				42 USC
				3030(e) );
6) Any compensation provided to individual
				volunteers under the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (
				42 USC
				5001 ) and the Foster Grandparent Program (
				42 USC
				5011 ) and Older Americans Community Service
				Programs (
				42 USC
				3056 ) established under Title II of the
				Domestic Volunteer Service Act, as amended (
				42 USC
				5001 through
				5023
				);
7) Income in an amount not
				greater than the current amount allowed received by a beneficiary of life
				insurance which is expended on the funeral and burial of the insured;
8) Income received under Section 4(c) of the
				Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act. This
				includes both the benefits commonly known as the "circuit breaker" and
				"additional grants";
9) Payments to
				volunteers under the 1973 Domestic Volunteer Service Act ( 48 USC 5044(q) ).
				These include:
A) Vista Volunteers;
B) volunteers serving as senior health aides,
				senior companions, or foster grandparents;
C) persons serving in the Service Corps of
				Retired Executives (SCORE) or the Active Corps of Executives (ACE);
10) Social Security death benefits
				expended on a funeral/burial;
11)
				The value of home produce that is used for personal consumption;
12) 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 National School Lunch Act,
				as amended (
				42 USC
				1760 );
13) Any payments distributed per capita or
				held in trust for members of any Indian tribe under
				Public Law
				92-254, 93-134 or 94-450 (
				25 USC
				1407 );
14) Tax exempt portions of payments made
				pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (
				43 USC
				1626 );
15) 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) );
16) That portion of an educational benefit
				that is actually used for items such as tuition, books, fees, equipment or
				transportation, necessary for school attendance:
A) Veterans Educational Assistance -
Income from educational benefits paid to a veteran or to a
				  dependent of a veteran shall be exempt only to the extent that it is applied
				  toward educational expenses;
B) Social Security Administration (SSA)
				Benefits -
Income received as a SSA benefit paid to or for an individual
				  and conditioned upon the individual's regular attendance in a school, college
				  or university, or a course of vocational or technical learning, shall be exempt
				  to the extent that it is applied toward educational expenses;
C) Loan and Grants -
Income from educational loans and grants obtained and used
				  under conditions that prevent their use for current living costs shall be
				  exempt;
17)
				Income from educational loans and grants made or insured under any program
				administered by the Secretary of Education is totally exempt whether the grant
				is paid directly to the schools or to the student. These loans and grants
				include the National Direct Student Loans, Basic Educational Opportunity
				Grants, Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grant, Work Study Grant, and the
				Guaranteed Loan Program;
18) The
				following incentive allowances:
A) National
				Training Services Grant -
Incentive payments which the Department of Rehabilitation
				  Services authorizes to be paid for a maximum of 2 years to disabled persons
				  receiving categorical public assistance and enrolled in the National Training
				  Service Project;
B) Jobs
				Training Partnership Act (JTPA) -
Needs based payments (e.g., transportation); case assistance
				  (e.g., uniforms and lunches); compensations in lieu of wages; and allowances
				  received under JTPA are exempt.