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Summary

Add ma_tafdc_noncountable_income variable implementing 106 CMR 704.250.

Uses a parameter-driven list (gov.states.ma.dta.tcap.tafdc.income.noncountable.sources) for unconditionally excluded benefit types:

  • (C) SNAP (snap)
  • (D)/(F) School lunch (spm_unit_school_lunch_subsidy), WIC (wic)
  • (J) Financial aid / Pell Grants (spm_unit_pell_grant)
  • (S) Housing subsidies (spm_unit_capped_housing_subsidy)
  • (BB) LIHEAP (ma_liheap)

Conditional exclusions (not in adds list — need dedicated variable logic)

  • (A) All income of SSI recipients (not just SSI benefit — requires identifying recipients and excluding their total income)
  • (B) First $600 of lump sum income (capped exclusion)
  • (GG) First $50 child support (already handled in ma_tafdc_child_support_deduction)
  • (II) EITC received as refund income (not the credit amount)
  • (L) Irregular gifts <$30/quarter (capped)
  • (U) Dependent child earned income (conditional on age/student status)

Not yet modeled (no PE-US variables exist)

Sections (D) USDA surplus, (E) elderly nutrition, (G) home-produced food, (H)/(I) training stipends, (M) Census earnings, (N) volunteer payments, (O)/(P)/(Q) Native American payments, (R) relocation, (T) loans, (V) foster parent payments, (AA) contributions, (CC) agency assistance, (DD) TAFDC corrections, (EE) utility refunds, (FF) settlement payments, (JJ)/(KK)/(MM)/(OO)/(QQ) restitution payments, (LL) reverse mortgage, (NN) FSS escrow, (PP) YouthBuild/AmeriCorps.

Fixes #5754

Test plan

  • 3 unit tests (multiple sources, SNAP only, zero)
  • All 23 existing MA TAFDC tests pass

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MaxGhenis and others added 2 commits January 31, 2026 11:28
Implements 106 CMR 704.250, which defines income sources excluded from
TAFDC eligibility and benefit calculations. Tracks SNAP, housing
subsidies, and LIHEAP as noncountable income.

Fixes #5754

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@MaxGhenis MaxGhenis requested review from hua7450 and removed request for hua7450 January 31, 2026 19:19
@MaxGhenis MaxGhenis marked this pull request as draft January 31, 2026 19:38
MaxGhenis and others added 3 commits January 31, 2026 14:49
Add parameter-driven list of noncountable income sources covering:
- (A) SSI
- (C) SNAP
- (D)/(F) School lunch subsidies, WIC
- (BB) LIHEAP
- (II) EITC
- (J) Pell Grants
- (S) Housing subsidies

Use parameter list at gov.states.ma.dta.tcap.tafdc.income.noncountable.sources
so additional sources can be added via YAML without code changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
SSI (A) excludes ALL income of SSI recipients, not just the SSI
benefit — requires identifying recipients and excluding their total
income, which can't be a simple adds entry.

EITC (II) refers to the credit received as income (refund), not the
credit amount itself — including the eitc variable double-counts.

Keep only unconditionally excluded benefit types in the parameter
list (SNAP, school lunch, WIC, Pell Grants, housing, LIHEAP).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Massachusetts TAFDC Noncountable Income

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