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Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Obsolete Medicaid Eligibility Handbook For the current MEH, see http://www.emhandbooks.wi.gov/meh-ebd/ For the current BC Plus Handbook, see http://www.emhandbooks.wi.gov/bcplus/ |
For both Family & Elderly/Disabled MA cases, disregard all unearned income Income is anything you receive in cash or in kind that you can use to meet your needs for food, clothing, and shelter. from WIA to any adult or minor participating in WIA, including:
"Need-based payments" paid to persons as allowances to enable them to participate in a training program.
"Compensation in lieu of wages" paid to persons in "tryout employment". This is arranged when private-for-profit opportunities aren't available and is generally limited to persons under age 22. Ask any applicant under age 23, or the local WIA staff if s/he is participating in "tryout employment". If s/he is, count this as unearned income.
"Payments for supportive services" paid to persons in training programs who aren't able to pay for training related expenses (e.g., transportation, health care, child care, meals).
Earned WIA income is paid in the form of wages from on-the-job training (OJT) and work experience activities. Disregard all earned WIA income of a minor for up to a total of 6 months per calendar year. Negotiate with the MA group which 6 months of income to disregard. The 6 months need not be consecutive. Budget WIA income earned by a minor in other than these 6 months according to (4.1.5.9.)
Count the earned WIA income of adult participants.
The Job Corps Program is a part of WIA. Consider a minor who's participating in the Job Corps a student when you calculate the income disregards for full-time students, and part-time students who are not employed full-time.
Consider Job Corps payments to adult participants as unearned WIA income.
This page last updated in Release Number : 04-03
Release Date: 08/02/04
Effective Date: 08/02/04
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