Pennsylvania Code › Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part IX - ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT REGULATIONS › Chapter 401 - ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT FUNDING › Section 401.5 - Income Exclusions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Sources of income not counted in determining monthly gross
				  income and income exclusions are:
(a)
				earnings of a child under 14 years of age;
(b) any medical expense not reimbursed
				through medical insurance which exceeds 10% of the total family monthly gross
				income. The medical expense must have been incurred within 90 days from the
				date of the application and be expected to continue or be incurred for a period
				of six months after the application. Medical expenses include bills for
				doctors, hospital costs, dental services, and health care premiums;
(c) voluntary or court-ordered child support
				paid out by the Primary Recipient or a member of his/her family to a present or
				former spouse not residing in the same household;
(d) voluntary or court-ordered child support
				paid out by the Primary Recipient or a member of his/her family for his/her
				child who is not residing in the same household;
(e) payments made pursuant to the Alaska
				Native Claims Settlement Act, to the extent that such payments are exempt from
				taxation under Section 21(a) of the Act;
(f) per capital payment to, or funds held in
				trust for, any individual in satisfaction or judgment of the Indian Claims
				Commission or the court of claims;
(g) money received from the sale of property,
				such as stocks, bonds, a house, or a car unless the person was engaged in the
				business of selling such property, in which case the net proceeds would be
				counted as income from self-employment;
(h) withdrawals of bank deposits;
(i) money borrowed;
(j) Tax refunds including tax rebate from any
				source;
(k) gifts;
(l) lump sum inheritances or insurance
				payments;
(m) lump sum lottery
				winnings;
(n) capital
				gains;
(o) The value of the coupon
				allotment under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, in excess of the amount
				paid for the coupons;
(p) The value
				of USDA donated foods;
(q) The
				value of supplemental foods assistance under the child Nutrition Act of 1966
				and the special food service programs of children under the National School
				Lunch Act, as amended;
(r) loans
				and grants, such as scholarships, obtained and used under conditions that
				preclude their use of current living costs;
(s) any grant or loan, to an under-graduate
				student for education purposes, made or insured under any program administered
				by the Commissioner of Education under the Higher Education Act;
(t) any payment received under the Uniform
				Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of
				1970;
(u) any home produce used for
				household consumption;
(v) The
				value of rent-free quarters;
(w)
				any payment made on behalf of any individual for household expenses such as
				rent, food, utilities;
(x) payments
				to VISTA volunteers pursuant to Section 404(g) of the Domestic Assistance Act
				of 1973;
(y) any payments to
				vendors by a State agency including foster care payments;
(z) payments made to an institution by an
				Applicant's relative or other person for the costs of institutional care for
				the Applicant; and
(aa) stipends
				derived from the Foster Grandparents Programs under P. L. 93-113, Section
				404(9).