Sec. 1. (a) After the investigation under IC 12-14-1-6, the county office shall decide the following:
(1) Whether the child or woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f) is eligible for assistance under this article.
(2) The amount of assistance.
(3) The date assistance begins.
(b) The county office may not consider:
(1) money in an individual development account under IC 4-4-28 that belongs to the child or woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child's or woman's family;
(2) the value of the real property that is the child's or woman's primary residence;
(3) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of total equity value (as defined in 470 IAC 10.3-4-2) in motor vehicles that belong to one (1) or more members of the child's or woman's family;
(4) a Holocaust victim's settlement payment received by the child, woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child's or woman's family; or
(5) money earned by the child, woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child's or woman's family as a student participating in:
(A) a paid internship;
(B) a work based learning course (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.7); or
(C) paid postsecondary work experience that allows the individual to apply for a related apprenticeship (as defined by IC 20-43-8-0.3);
when determining whether the individual is eligible for assistance under this article.