Rule 23-104-6.11 - Assistance Based on Need (ABON)A. Assistance based on need is assistance which is: 1. Provided under a program which uses income as a factor of eligibility; and2. Funded wholly by a state, a political subdivision of a state or a combination of such jurisdictions.B. Assistance based on need is excluded from income.1. If a program uses income to determine payment amount, but not eligibility, it is not ABON, e.g., some crime victim compensation programs.23 Miss. Code. R. 104-6.11
Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR §435.601(b) (Rev 1994).