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Eligible Disability Expenses <br />Examples of auxiliary apparatus are provided in the HCV Guidebook as follows: “Auxiliary <br />apparatus are items such as wheelchairs, ramps, adaptations to vehicles, or special equipment to <br />enable a blind person to read or type, but only if these items are directly related to permitting the <br />disabled person or other family member to work” [HCV GB, p. 5-30]. <br />HUD advises PHAs to further define and describe auxiliary apparatus [VG, p. 30]. <br />Eligible Auxiliary Apparatus <br />SAHA Policy <br />Expenses incurred for maintaining or repairing an auxiliary apparatus are eligible. In the <br />case of an apparatus that is specially adapted to accommodate a person with disabilities <br />(e.g., a vehicle or computer), the cost to maintain the special adaptations (but not <br />maintenance of the apparatus itself) is an eligible expense. The cost of service animals <br />trained to give assistance to persons with disabilities, including the cost of acquiring the <br />animal, veterinary care, food, grooming, and other continuing costs of care, will be <br />included. <br />Eligible Attendant Care <br />The family determines the type of attendant care that is appropriate for the person with <br />disabilities. <br />SAHA Policy <br />Attendant care includes, but is not limited to, reasonable costs for home medical care, <br />nursing services, in-home or center-based care services, interpreters for persons with <br />hearing impairments, and readers for persons with visual disabilities. <br />Attendant care expenses will be included for the period that the person enabled to work is <br />employed plus reasonable transportation time. The cost of general housekeeping and <br />personal services is not an eligible attendant care expense. However, if the person <br />enabled to work is the person with disabilities, personal services necessary to enable the <br />person with disabilities to work are eligible. <br />If the care attendant also provides other services to the family, SAHA will prorate the <br />cost and allow only that portion of the expenses attributable to attendant care that enables <br />a family member to work. For example, if the care provider also cares for a child who is <br />not the person with disabilities, the cost of care must be prorated. Unless otherwise <br />specified by the care provider, the calculation will be based upon the number of hours <br />spent in each activity and/or the number of persons under care. <br />EXHIBIT 1