Federally Mandated Income Exclusions |
Agent Orange settlement payments |
Child care assistance under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, Pub. Law 113-186 |
The first (1st) two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per calendar year received as compensation for participation in clinical trials that meet the criteria detailed in § 1612(b) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1382a(b) |
Payments made for supporting services or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses to volunteers participating in corporation for national and community service (CNCS, formerly ACTION) programs: AmeriCorps program Special and demonstration volunteer program; University year for ACTION (UYA) |
Retired senior volunteer program (RSVP) |
Foster grandparents program |
Senior companion program |
Energy employees occupational illness program payments |
Federal food and nutrition programs: |
Food assistance (formerly known as food stamps) U.S. department of agriculture food commodities distributed by a program (private or governmental) School breakfast, lunch, and milk programs; Women, infants, and children program (WIC); Nutrition programs for older Americans |
Student financial assistance received under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (U.S.C. Title 20) or Bureau of Indian Affairs is excluded from income and resources, regardless of use: Pell Grants Student services incentives |
Home energy assistance provided on the basis of need, in accordance with 20 C.F.R. § 416.1157 (2023) |
Matching funds that are deposited into individual development accounts (IDAs), either demonstration project or TANF-funded, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 604 |
Japanese-American and Aleutian restitution payments |
Payments to victims of Nazi persecution |
Netherlands WUV payments to victims of persecution from 1940-1945 |
Department of Defense payments to certain persons captured and interned in North Vietnam, in accordance with the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998, Pub. Law 105-78 |
Radiation exposure compensation trust fund payments, in accordance with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act ("the Act" or "RECA"), Pub. Law 101-426 |
Veterans Affairs payments made to or on behalf of: |
Certain Vietnam veterans' natural children regardless of age or marital status, for any disability resulting from spina bifida suffered by such children Certain Korea service veterans' natural children regardless of their age or marital status, for any disability resulting from spina bifida suffered by such children Women Vietnam veterans' natural children regardless of their age or marital status, for certain birth defects |
Austrian social insurance payments received under the provisions of the Austrian General Social Insurance Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1613(a), 20 C.F.R. § 416.1236 (2023). These payments must be documented and identifiable from countable insurance |
Payments made to Native Americans as listed in Part IV of 20 C.F.R. Part 416 Appendix to Subpart K (2023) |
Payments from the Ricky Ray hemophilia relief fund or the class settlement in the case of Susan Walker v. Bayer Corporation et al. under the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998, Pub. Law 105-369 |
210 R.I. Code R. 210-RICR-40-00-3.5
Amended effective 4/28/2020
Amended effective 11/5/2020
Amended effective 1/1/2021
Amended effective 6/3/2021
Amended effective 6/25/2021
Amended effective 9/12/2021
Amended effective 2/4/2022
Amended effective 6/17/2022
Amended effective 7/23/2022
Amended effective 4/22/2023
Amended effective 7/29/2023(EMERGENCY)
Amended effective 11/23/2023
Amended effective 5/20/2024