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[enacted Jan. 12, 1983], and any purchases made with such funds, including all interest and investment income accrued thereon while such funds are so held in trust, shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes, nor shall such funds nor their availability be considered as income or resources nor otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which such household or member would otherwise be entitled under the Social Security Act [42 USCS §§ 301 et seq.] or, except for per capita shares in excess of $2,000, any Federal or federally assisted program. This $2,000 per capita exclusion applies to each payment made to each person. Initial purchases made with exempt payments distributed between January 1, 1982 and January 12, 1983, are excluded from resources to the extent that excluded funds were used. 4. P. L. 98-64, 8/2/83, Applied the exclusion in 25 USCS 1407 to per capita payments from funds, which are held in trust by the Secretary of Interior (trust fund distributions) for an Indian tribe. (Per capita payments may be authorized for specific tribes under other public laws.) 5. 25 USCS 1408 (as amended by P. L. 93-134, P. L. 97-458, and P. L. 103- 66, Section 13736, 10/7/93) Provides that interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands shall not be considered a resource and up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Indians that is derived from such interests shall not be considered income in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program. Interests include the Indian's right to or legal share of the trust or restricted land and any income accrued from the funds in trust or the restricted lands. The exclusion applies to each individual Indian that has an interest. The income exclusion applies for both eligibility and benefit level purposes for food stamp purposes. The income exclusion applies to calendar years. 6. P. L. 93-531, section 22 Relocation assistance payments to members of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes are excluded from income and resources. 7. P. L. 94-114, section 6, 10/17/75 Income derived from certain submarginal land held in trust for certain Indian tribes is excluded from income and resources. The tribes that 10/3/2013 9:24 AM Page 119
may benefit are: Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Blackfeet Tribe Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Devils Lake Sioux Tribe Fort Belknap Indian Community Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Navajo Tribe Oglala Sioux Tribe Rosebud Sioux Tribe Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 8. P. L. 94-189, Section 6, 12/31/75 Funds distributed per capita to the Sac and Fox Indians or held in trust are excluded from income and resources. The funds are divided between members of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. The judgments were awarded in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 219, 153, 135, 158, 231, 83, and 95. 9. P. L. 94-540 Payments from the disposition of funds to the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians are excluded from income and resources. 10. P. L. 95-433, section 2 Indian Claims Commission payments made pursuant to this Public Law to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation and the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation are excluded from income and resources. 11. 25 USCS 1931 Indian Child Welfare (P. L. 95-608, 11/8/78), Subparagraph (a) provides for child and family service grant programs on or near reservations in the preparation and implementation of child 10/3/2013 9:24 AM Page 120
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ALASKA HEATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
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3001-4 Verification 21 3001-4A Mand
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3003-2 Noncountable Income 54 Title
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3005 Expedited Cases 87 3005-1 Expe
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Title: 45 Public Welfare Subtitle B
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• Copies of notices of adverse ac
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why this person is intervening (for
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decisions than can be defended as r
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Child: A person under 18 years of a
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1. Made a false or misleading state
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Subsidized Housing: Housing subsidi
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Heating Assistance Program 10002 Gl
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4. A copy of the current heat and e
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3001-3 THE INTERVIEW HAP does not c
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‣ Non-acceptable verification: li
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3001-4 G. INADEQUATE INCOME DOCUMEN
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A re-pend notice is sent if partial
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If the requested information is rec
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• An applicant that has a credit
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3002 HOUSEHOLDS 3002-1A TYPES OF HO
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If the applicant checks the applica
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eligible for heating assistance. Wh
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member of the household must be a U
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j. Non-citizen Native Americans as
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A household member whose U.S. citiz
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3003 INCOME 3003 INCOME Applicant h
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. Verification: The applicant is re
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Example #1: A court order specifies
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Exception: Education assistance tha
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Verification: Acceptable verificati
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Are intended to cover expenses incu
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Exception: Any portion of education
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10. Reimbursements Reimbursements f
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Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA Burea
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pend for additional income verifica
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f. Gross Self-Employment Income Gro
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. Using Actuals as Cost of Doing Bu
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Page 87 and 88: 3004 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY AND BE
Page 89 and 90: The fuel types are: Code C E K N O
Page 91 and 92: • 90 percent of points if the hou
Page 93 and 94: 7 points x 0.5 = 3.5 points Step 4.
Page 95 and 96: May include a past due amount, deli
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Page 99 and 100: 3008 ISSUING BENEFITS & PAYMENTS 30
Page 101 and 102: 3008-4 Methods of Payment A. Vendor
Page 103 and 104: • an applicant’s heat is includ
Page 105 and 106: 3009 FAIR HEARINGS A fair hearing p
Page 107 and 108: 99790 Bettles 0/TCC 29/00/ 99652 Bi
Page 109 and 110: Kakhanok 0/BBNA 99747 Kaktovik / 24
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Page 113 and 114: ADDENDUM B FY 2014 HAP TRIBAL PROVI
Page 115 and 116: Payments under Title I of that Act,
Page 117 and 118: payments made under the Higher Educ
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Page 121 and 122: are excluded from income. Each Stat
Page 123 and 124: Service-Learning Act of 1990, (2) t
Page 125: veteran for any disability resultin
Page 129 and 130: 17. P. L. 98-500, Section 8, 10/17/
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Page 135 and 136: certain “high-cost” locations i
Page 137: A low cost group life insurance for
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