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 Incremental earnings and benefits to any family member resulting from participation in <br />qualifying training program funded by HUD or in qualifying federal, state, tribal, or local <br />employment training programs (including training programs not affiliated with a local <br />government) and training of a family member as resident management staff are excluded <br />from annual income. Amounts excluded by this provision must be received under <br />employment training programs with clearly defined goals and objectives and are excluded <br />only for the period during which the family member participates in the training program <br />unless those amounts are excluded under 24 CFR 5.609(b)(9)(i) [24 CFR 5.609(b)(12)(iv) as <br />updated for HOTMA]. <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA defines training program as “a learning process with goals and objectives, <br />generally having a variety of components, and taking place in a series of sessions <br />over a period of time. It is designed to lead to a higher level of proficiency, and it <br />enhances the individual’s ability to obtain employment. It may have performance <br />standards to measure proficiency. Training may include but is not limited to: (1) <br />classroom training in a specific occupational skill, (2) on-the-job training with wages <br />subsidized by the program, or (3) basic education” [expired Notice PIH 98-2, p. 3]. <br />SAHA defines incremental earnings and benefits as the difference between (1) the <br />total amount of welfare assistance and earnings of a family member prior to <br />enrollment in a training program and (2) the total amount of welfare assistance <br />and earnings of the family member after enrollment in the program [expired <br />Notice PIH 98-2, pp. 3-4]. <br />In calculating the incremental difference, SAHA will use as the pre-enrollment <br />income the total annualized amount of the family member’s welfare assistance and <br />earnings reported on the family’s most recently completed HUD-50058. <br />End of participation in a training program must be reported in accordance with <br />SAHA’s interim reporting requirements (see Chapter 9). <br /> Reparation payments paid by a foreign government pursuant to claims filed under the laws of <br />that government by persons who were persecuted during the Nazi era [24 CFR 5.609(b)(13) <br />as updated for HOTMA]. <br /> Adoption assistance payments for a child in excess of the amount of the dependent deduction <br />per adopted child [24 CFR 5.609(b)(15) as updated for HOTMA]. <br /> Refunds or rebates on property taxes paid on the dwelling unit [24 CFR 5.609(b)(20) as <br />updated for HOTMA]. <br />EXHIBIT 1