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FAIM - Excluded Unearned Income

The following types of unearned income are not counted to determine Families Achieving Independence in Montana (FAIM) eligibility and/or grant:

·      Agent Orange Settlement Payments.

·      Cash benefits received as proceeds of fire or casualty insurance settlement (when used within three months of receipt). The insurance money must be signed over to the person or company who will do the repairs or otherwise disposed of within this time. Any money remaining is counted as a resource after the three-month period.

·      Cash benefits received by participants in any FAIM program.

·      Complementary assistance (non-duplicative): There must be no duplication between such assistance and the Pathways or Community Services grant. The assistance must consist of goods and/or services not included in the grant, and be a supplement to the grant serving a different purpose.

·      Food Stamp coupon allotment.

·      Gifts: Gifts of money not to exceed $50 per gift per family member. A gift presented to the entire family is considered as equally divided among the members.

·      Grants, loans, and scholarships: Payments must be directly related to the individual's attendance at an institution of higher education or training.

·      Reimbursements.

·      Indian (Native American) income: Exclude the following: (1) judgment claim payments, (2) payments derived from sub-marginal lands, (3) per capita payments paid from funds held in trust distributed to enrolled members, (4) interest earned on excluded funds, and (5) up to $2000 per year of income received by individual Indians which is derived from leases or other uses of individually-owned trust or restricted lands.

·      Interest paid on escrow accounts established under the HUD Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program.

·      Low Income Household Energy Assistance Payments (LIHEAP).

·      Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980.

·      Money contributions (or vendor payment not available to the participant: For example, the participant's father pays $100 of his daughter's rent obligation directly to the landlord.

·      Nutrition Program for the Elderly: Any benefits received under Title VII, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1965 are not counted.

·      One-time employment-related payment issued to participants of either the Job Supplement and/or the Pathways Programs.

·      Radiation exposure compensation payments.

·      Relocation payments: Payments received under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 are not counted.

·      Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments: Only that portion of the SSI recipient's income that is directly contributed to the family is counted.

·      Section 8/HUD Utilities payments (regardless of the payee).

·      Supplemental food assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act.

·      Supportive Services (WoRC or OPA) which are specified in the appropriate county or WoRC plan.

·      Tax exempt payments made under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

·      Valid loans.

·      Veterans Affairs (VA) education payments are totally excluded provided the participant is attending an institution of higher learning/training.

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