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CW 44-133.3 – Income<br />

From Other Programs<br />

How are payments received from Foster Care<br />

(FC), Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) and<br />

Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment<br />

(Kin-GAP) treated?<br />

The payments from the FC, AAP and Kin-GAP<br />

programs are disregarded as income to the AU.<br />

See CW 82-820.22 Kin-GAP Program for more<br />

information.<br />

How are Adoption Assistance Program (AAP)<br />

payments treated?<br />

Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) payments are<br />

considered “complimentary program” assistance<br />

and are not considered as income when<br />

determining need and grant level.<br />

AAP payments are not considered available<br />

income to meet the needs <strong>of</strong> the AU.<br />

NOTE: AAP payments are made to parents<br />

who adopt “hard-to-place” children.<br />

These payments are intended to<br />

facilitate the adoption <strong>of</strong> children who<br />

have exceptional needs that make<br />

adoption difficult.<br />

CW 44-133.4 –<br />

Sanction/Penalized<br />

Individuals<br />

How do you treat the income and needs <strong>of</strong><br />

individuals who are<br />

sanctioned/penalized/excluded by law?<br />

The following will help in determining the treatment<br />

<strong>of</strong> income for the individuals listed below:<br />

Sanctioned<br />

Individuals sanctioned for failure to comply with<br />

GAIN requirements or failure to assign support<br />

rights are removed from the AU. However, for<br />

purposes <strong>of</strong> calculating the grant, they are not<br />

categorized as AU members or non-AU members.<br />

The intent <strong>of</strong> this sanction is to make these<br />

individuals ineligible for cash aid and to not<br />

consider their needs and count their income.

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