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<br />State and Local Employment Training Programs <br /> <br />Incremental earnings and benefits to any family member resulting from participation in <br />qualifying state or local employment training programs (including training programs not <br />affiliated with a local government) and training of a family member as resident management staff <br />are excluded 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 only <br />for the period during which the family member participates in the training program \[24 CFR <br />5.609(c)(8)(v)\]. <br />SAHA Policy <br /> <br />SAHA defines training program <br />generally having a variety of components, and taking place in a series of sessions over a <br />period to time. It is designed to lead to a higher level of proficiency, and it enhances the <br />proficiency. Training may include, but is not limited to: (1) classroom training in a <br />specific occupational skill, (2) on-the-job training with wages subsidized by the program, <br />-2, p. 3\]. <br />SAHA defines incremental earnings and benefits as the difference between (1) the total <br />amount of welfare assistance and earnings of a family member prior to enrollment in a <br />training program and (2) the total amount of welfare assistance and earnings of the family <br />member after enrollment in the program \[expired Notice PIH 98-2, pp. 34\]. <br />In calculating the incremental difference, SAHA will use as the pre-enrollment income <br />the total annualize <br />-50058. <br />End of participation in a training program must be reported in accordance with SAHA's <br />interim reporting requirements. <br />HUD-Funded Training Programs <br /> Amounts received under training programs funded in whole or in part by HUD \[24 CFR <br />5.609(c)(8)(i)\] are excluded from annual income. Eligible sources of funding for the training <br />include operating subsidy, Section 8 administrative fees, and modernization, Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME program, and other grant funds received from HUD. <br />SAHA Policy <br /> <br />To qualify as a training program, the program must meet the definition of training <br />program provided above for state and local employment training programs. <br />Earned Income Tax Credit <br /> Earned income tax credit (EITC) refund payments received on or after January 1, 1991 (26 <br />U.S.C. 32(j)), are excluded from annual income \[24 CFR 5.609(c)(17)\]. Although many families <br />receive the EITC annually when they file taxes, an EITC can also be received throughout the <br /> <br />Earned Income Disallowance <br /> <br /> The earned income disallowance for persons with disabilities is discussed in section 6-I.E. <br />Page 6-8 <br />04/01/14 <br /> <br />