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<br />04/01/15 Page 7-26 <br /> The expense is not reimbursed from another source (as described in 6-II.E.). <br /> <br />Family Member is a Person with Disabilities <br />To be eligible for the disability assistance expense deduction, the costs must be incurred for <br />attendant care or auxiliary apparatus expense associated with a person with disabilities. The PHA <br />will verify that the expense is incurred for a person with disabilities (See 7-II.F.). <br /> <br />Family Member(s) Permitted to Work <br />The PHA must verify that the expenses claimed actually enable a family member, or members, <br />(including the person with disabilities) to work. <br /> SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will request third-party verification from a rehabilitation agency or knowledgeable <br />medical professional indicating that the person with disabilities requires attendant care or <br />an auxiliary apparatus to be employed, or that the attendant care or auxiliary apparatus <br />enables another family member, or members, to work (See 6-II.E.). This documentation <br />may be provided by the family. <br />If third-party verification has been attempted and is either unavailable or proves <br />unsuccessful, the family must certify that the disability assistance expense frees a family <br />member, or members (possibly including the family member receiving the assistance), to <br />work. <br /> <br />Unreimbursed Expenses <br />To be eligible for the disability expenses deduction, the costs must not be reimbursed by another <br />source. <br /> SAHA Policy <br />The family will be required to certify that attendant care or auxiliary apparatus expenses <br />are not paid by or reimbursed to the family from any source. <br /> <br />7-IV.D. CHILD CARE EXPENSES <br />Policies related to child care expenses are found in Chapter 6 (6-II.F). The amount of the <br />deduction will be verified following the standard verification procedures described in Part I of <br />this chapter. In addition, the PHA must verify that: <br /> The child is eligible for care. <br /> The costs claimed are not reimbursed. <br /> The costs enable a family member to pursue an eligible activity. <br /> The costs are for an allowable type of child care. <br />5-42