Count cash aid, veterans benefits, rental income, pensions, and survivor benefits as Texas TANF unearned income - #9383
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…vor benefits as Texas TANF unearned income The Texas TANF unearned source list omitted seven sources that the federal list includes and that the Texas Works Handbook A-1320 counts, so no cash-aid input a partner could send reached tx_tanf. Closes PolicyEngine#9381 Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Adds seven income sources to
gov/states/tx/tanf/income/sources/unearned.yamlthat the federal TANF unearned list includes and the Texas Works Handbook counts, but the TX list omitted. Before this change no cash-aid input a partner could send (financial_assistance,gi_cash_assistance,general_assistance) was counted bytx_tanf, and veterans benefits, rental income, pensions, and survivor benefits were ignored as well.Closes #9381
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financial_assistance,gi_cash_assistancegeneral_assistanceveterans_benefitsrental_incomepension_incomesurvivor_benefitsUnchanged sources are annotated with their handbook subsections, and the handbook link is updated to the fhb.hhs.texas.gov host the old URL redirects to.
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sources.yaml:financial_assistancerepresents cash gifts and contributions, which Texas excludes from CEAP under 10 TAC §6.4(d)(9) and the FY2026 LIHEAP plan §1.9 (https://www.tdhca.texas.gov/sites/default/files/community-affairs/docs/26-LIHEAP-Plan-Amend1.pdf#page=8). CEAP already countsgeneral_assistance.general_assistancegaps there are tracked in Count general_assistance as unearned income in TANF, WIC, and school meals income lists #9382.Tests
tx_tanf_gross_unearned_income.yaml: each added source counted; earned income, SSI, and TANF not counted.tx_tanf_countable_unearned_income.yaml: reported cash aid flows through, and veterans benefits plus child support with the $75 deduction.🤖 Generated with Claude Code