Public Assistance Payments (Archive)

This manual section explains how to count payments from the following public assistance programs:

l  Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP).

l  General Assistance (GA).

l  Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA).

l  Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA).

l  Diversionary Work Program (DWP).

l  IV-E and State-Subsidized Adoption Assistance.

l  Foster Care Assistance. This includes:  

n  Federally funded foster care (IV-E) payments.

n  Non-IV-E foster care payments.

n  Adult foster care payments.

n  Other payments for the care of foster children or adults who live in the household.

l  Relative Custody Assistance.

l  Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Elder Supplement Assistance Program. This program makes payments to elderly tribal members who meet the program's income and asset limits.  

For information on how to count other types of assistance payments, see Excluded Income, Tribal Payments, and RSDI and SSI.

MinnesotaCare.

MA Method A, MA Method B, MA-EPD, Medicare Savings Programs, and GAMC.

Long-Term Care (LTC).

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MinnesotaCare

Count as unearned income payments from the following programs:

l  MFIP

l  DWP

l  GA

l  MSA

l  RCA

l  Foster Care Assistance (if the payments are for children included in the foster parent’s MinnesotaCare household).

Exclude from income payments from the following programs:

l  IV-E and State-Subsidized Adoption Assistance

l  Foster Care Assistance (if the payments are for children not included in the foster parent’s MinnesotaCare household).

l  Relative Custody Assistance

l  Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Elder Supplement Assistance Program.

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MA Method A, MA Method B, MA-EPD, Medicare Savings Programs, and GAMC

Exclude from income payments from the following programs:

l  MFIP

l  DWP

l  GA

l  MSA

l  RCA

l  IV-E and State-Subsidized Adoption Assistance

l  Foster Care Assistance

l  Relative Custody Assistance

l  Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Elder Supplement Assistance Program

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Long-Term Care (LTC)

Count as unearned income payments from the following programs:

l  MFIP

l  DWP

l  GA

l  MSA

l  RCA

l  Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Elder Supplement Assistance Program

Exclude payments from the following programs:

l  IV-E and State-Subsidized Adoption Assistance

l  Foster Care Assistance

l  Relative Custody Assistance

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