HCV SPECIALIST EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Annual Income Exclusions. Answer: Live-in Aid
Food stamps
Sporadic gifts
Heating assistance
Children income under 18
• Benefits under Section 1780 of the School Lunch Act
and Child Nutrition Act of 1966, Includes WIC
• Domestic Volunteer Services Act
Workforace Investment ACT of 1998
AmeriCorps
• Any amounts in an "individual development account as
provided by the Assets for Independence Act, as
amended in 2002
• Deferred disability benefits from the Department of
Veterans Affairs
Indian Settlements/Trusts
, Spinal Bifida and Agent Orange Settlements
• Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990
• Earned Income Tax Credit Refunds
Major disaster and emergency assistance
• Title V of the Older Americans Act
Crime Victim Compensation
Exclude the special pay for exposure to hostile fire.
Heating assistance
o Payments or allowances made under the Department of Health
and
Human Services' Low- Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Workforce Investment Act of 1998
o Payments or allowances received under programs funded in whole
or
in part under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Americorps Living Allowance under the National and Community
Service
Act of 1990
Deferred disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs
o Received in a lump sum or in prospective monthly amounts
Indian Settlements/Trusts
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Annual Income Exclusions. Answer: Live-in Aid
Food stamps
Sporadic gifts
Heating assistance
Children income under 18
• Benefits under Section 1780 of the School Lunch Act
and Child Nutrition Act of 1966, Includes WIC
• Domestic Volunteer Services Act
Workforace Investment ACT of 1998
AmeriCorps
• Any amounts in an "individual development account as
provided by the Assets for Independence Act, as
amended in 2002
• Deferred disability benefits from the Department of
Veterans Affairs
Indian Settlements/Trusts
, Spinal Bifida and Agent Orange Settlements
• Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990
• Earned Income Tax Credit Refunds
Major disaster and emergency assistance
• Title V of the Older Americans Act
Crime Victim Compensation
Exclude the special pay for exposure to hostile fire.
Heating assistance
o Payments or allowances made under the Department of Health
and
Human Services' Low- Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Workforce Investment Act of 1998
o Payments or allowances received under programs funded in whole
or
in part under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Americorps Living Allowance under the National and Community
Service
Act of 1990
Deferred disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs
o Received in a lump sum or in prospective monthly amounts
Indian Settlements/Trusts
