Wash. Admin. Code § 388-450-0045 - How do we count income from employment and training programs?
This section applies to cash assistance and Basic Food.
(1) We treat payments issued
under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) as follows:
(a) For cash assistance , we exclude all
payments.
(b) For Basic Food:
(i) We exclude OJT earnings for children who
are eighteen years of age or younger and under parental control as described in
WAC 388-408-0035.
(ii) We count OJT earnings as earned income
for people who are:
(A) Age nineteen and
older; or
(B) Age eighteen or
younger and not under parental control.
(iii) We exclude all other
payments.
(2)
We exclude all payments issued under the National and Community
Service Trust Act of 1993. This includes payments made through the AmeriCorps
program.
(3) We treat payments
issued under Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Act of 1973, such as VISTA,
AmeriCorps Vista, university year for action, and urban crime prevention
program as follows:
(a) For cash assistance ,
we exclude all payments.
(b) For
Basic Food, we count most payments as earned income. We exclude the payments if
you:
(i) Received Basic Food or cash
assistance at the time you joined the Title I program; or
(ii) Were participating in the Title I
program and received an income disregard at the time of conversion to the Food
Stamp Act of 1977. We continue to exclude the payments even if you do not get
Basic Food every month.
(4) We exclude all payments
issued under Title II of the Domestic Volunteer Act of 1973. These include:
(a) Retired senior volunteer program
(RSVP);
(b) Foster grandparents
program; and
(c) Senior companion
program.
(5) We count
training allowances from vocational and rehabilitative programs as earned
income when:
(a) The program is recognized by
federal, state, or local governments; and
(b) The allowance is not a
reimbursement.
(6) We
exclude support service payments received by or made on behalf of WorkFirst
participants.
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