Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 104 - Income
Chapter 7 - Sources and Treatment of Unearned Income
Rule 23-104-7.60 - Job Corps

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 23-104-7.60

Current through September 24, 2024

A. This program is defined as follows:

1. The Job Corps is a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program.

B. Income from this program is treated as follows:

1. A Job Corps participant who is a student under age 22 qualifies for the student earned income exclusion.

2. The living allowance is wages.

3. The readjustment allowance is income including any amount deducted to pay the participant's share of a dependent's allowance, is wages.

4. Any bonus and incentive payments are also wages.

5. A bi-weekly dependent's allowance may be paid directly to a participant's dependent. This allowance is counted as unearned income to the dependent.
a) If the participant is a deemor and his dependent is eligible for Medicaid, only one-half of the dependent's allowance is unearned income to the dependent.

6. The clothing allowance is not income.

7. Supportive services such as medical services, transportation to and from medical treatment, counseling, job placement services provided in-kind which are medical or social services are not income.

8. The rules regarding temporary absence for deeming purposes apply to Job Corps participants who reside in a Job Corps Center or who are away at school.

Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR §435.601(b) (Rev 1994).

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Mississippi may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.