mee - Washington Service Corps

WSC Member Equity Enhancements

Definitions

Individual: Individual person or self (i.e. you are not claimed as a Dependent of another person, nor claim Dependent(s) of your own).

Household: Means two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or decree of court, who are living in a single residence, and are included in one or more of the following categories: (A) A married couple and dependent children; (B) A parent or guardian and dependent children; or (C) A married couple.

Federal Poverty Line (FPL): An economic measure used to determine whether the income level of an individual or family/household qualifies them for certain programs and federal benefits.

200% of the Federal Poverty Line: Twice the Federal Poverty Line.

Annual Gross Household Income: Total INCLUDABLE income amount received by the household within the last 12 months, before taxes are deducted.

Annual: Previous twelve (12) calendar months.

INCLUDABLE sources of income:

Money, wages, and salaries before any deductions (NOT including stipend/living allowance payments received as an AmeriCorps national service member)
Dividends, interest, net rental income, net royalties, and periodic receipts from estates or trusts.
Unemployment compensation
L&I paid on a monthly basis
Pensions whether private, government employee (including military retirement pay), law enforcement firefighters (LEF) disability income
Net receipts from non-farm self-employment (recipients from a person’s own unincorporated business, professional enterprise, or partnership after deductions for business expense)
Net receipts from farm self-employment (receipts from a farm which one operates as an owner, renter, or sharecropper, after deductions for farm operating expenses)
Regular insurance or annuity payment(s)
Alimony
Child support
Military family allotments or other regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household
On-the-Job wages from WIOA participation
Regular payments from railroad retirement, strike benefits from union funds, and worker’s compensation (not lump sum) training stipends
Net gambling or lottery winnings
Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI)
College or university grants, fellowships, and assistantships, state work-study, (not needs based scholarships): the key is whether or not the money is a loan to be paid back. If it is to be paid back, then it is a loan, and excludable income, if not, then it is includable.

Excludable sources of income:

Do NOT include stipend/living allowance payments received while serving as an AmeriCorps national service member.