Reimbursements for Past or Future Expenses 430-05-50-25-15

(Revised 11/01/07 ML3111)

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Reimbursements for past or future expenses are excluded if they do not exceed actual expenses. The worker will not consider a reimbursement to exceed the expense unless the provider or the household indicates that it is excessive.

 

Reimbursements for normal household living expenses such as rent or mortgage, clothes or food, are a gain or benefit and are not excluded. To exclude these payments, they must be specifically for an identified expense, other than normal living expenses, and used for the purpose intended.

 

When a reimbursement, including a flat allowance covers multiple expenses, it is not required that each expense be separately identified, as long as none of the reimbursement covers normal living expenses.

 

Examples:

1. Reimbursements for job or training-related expenses such as travel, per diem, uniforms, and transportation to and from the job or training site.
2. JOBS supportive services and TANF special allowances, including Diversion Assistance and TANF Transition special allowances, which represent a reimbursement.
3. Reimbursements for out-of-pocket expenses of volunteers incurred in the course of their work.
4. Medical or dependent care reimbursements.
5. All TANF child care payments.
6. Child Care Assistance Program payments.
7. Tribal Work Experience Payments (TWEP). The incentive portion of TWEP payments is disregarded. Any amount over the incentive is unearned income.
8. Nutrition for North Dakota Day Care Children, a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved program to pay eligible in-home day care providers for food purchased for day care children.
9. All income, allowances, and bonuses received as a result of participation in the Burdick Job Corps Program.