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HUMAN RESOURCES- DIVISION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TIO: 51C .0100 entity serving an area within reasonable proximity of the new area to provide sen'ices in the new al'ca; or (c) ~vhere no e~sting eli~ble entity requested to serve the new area decides to do so, designating any ehsting eli~ble entity, any organization wkich has a board meeting the requirements of Section 675(c)(3) or any political subdivision of'the state to serve the new area. The Governor's desig- nation of an organization which has a board meeting the requkements of Section 675(c)(3) or a political subdMsion of the state to serve the new area shall qualify such organization as a eli- gible entity. (2) organizations serx'ing seasonal or migrant farmworkers; and (3) limited purposes agencies as de£med in (6) of Rule .0104 of this Section. History Note: Statutory Authority G.S. /43-276.; 143-323(d);/43B-lO(b); 42 U.S.C. 9901-12; Eff December l, 1983; Amended Elf March 1, 1989; October 1, 1984. .0107 ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS (a) The official poverty gnidelines established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be used as a criteria of eli~bility for all services provided to pro'am participants by ~am recipients. "Services" is defined as an act of assistance and/or direct benefit to a family unit. The poverty guidelines are revised annually. (b) For the purpose of determining eligibility, the following de£mJtions shall apply: (1) Unrelated [ndMdual. An unrelated indMdual is a family unit of one il'that individual is 15 years old or over and not an inmate of a.n institution. An unrelated indMduaI may be the sole oc- cupant of a housing unit. or may be residing in a housing unit (or ~oup quarters such as a rooming house) in wh/ch one or more persons also reside who are not related to the indMdual in question by birth, marriage, and/or adoption. (Examples of unrelated individuals residing with others include a Iodger, a foster child, a ward, or an employee.) (2) Family. A farrdly unit of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, and.'or adoption who reside together. All such related persons are considered as members of one hmily. (If a household includes more than one unrelated indMdual, the poverty guidelines are applied sep- arately to each fanfi2y and/or unrelated individual, and not to the household as a whole. If an unrelated indb.'idual lives with a family, the poverty =mnideli. nes are applied separately to each family unit.) (3) Income. Refers to total cash receipts before taxes from all sources. These include money wages anti salar/es before an5' deductions, but do not include food or rent in lien of wages. These re- ceipts include net receipts from nord'arm or farm selt'-employment (e.g. receipts from own busi- ness or farm after deductions for business or farm expenses). They include regular payments from public assistance (including Supplemental Security Income), social security or raikoad re- tirement, unemployment and workers' compensation, strike benefits l¥om urfion funds, veterans' benefits, training stipends, allotments or other regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household; private pensions, govermnent employee pensions, and regular insurance or annuity payments; and income from dMde0ds, interest, rents, royalties, or periodic receipts from estates or trusts. For eli~bility purposes, income does not refer to the following money receipts: capital gains; any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank, sale of property, house, or car; tax refunds, g/rte, lump-sum inheritances, one-time insurance pay- ments, or compensation for injury. Also excluded are non-cash benefits, such as employer-paid health insurance and other employee fringe benefits, food or rent received in lieu of wages, the value of food and fuel produced and consumed on farms, and the imputed value of rent from o~vner occupied non. farm or farm housing. (c) The period for determining the annual income must not be more than 12 months nor less than the 90-day period preceding the request for assistance by the indMdual applicant. (d) The income of ail members of each family unit must be included in determining the income el- i~bility. (e) Proof of income eli~bility is required of all applicants which apply for assistance. (1) Wt~en lhe applicant applies for any service provided by the ~ant recipient, the applicant must sigma a se[f-declaration statement indicating his/her annual income m~d the income of any other members of the fan'dly unit.