Section 142-A. Federal economic opportunity act grants or payments; effect on eligibility for certain public assistance or care

Any inconsistent provisions of titles ten and eleven of article  five,
  other  provisions  of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding,
  in determining the need for public assistance or care under such titles:
    1. Any grant made to a family under title III of the federal  economic
  opportunity  act of nineteen hundred sixty-four shall not be regarded as
  income or resources of such family in determining the need of any member
  thereof for such public assistance or care.
    2. The first eighty-five dollars plus  one-half  of  the  excess  over
  eighty-five  dollars  of payments made to or on behalf of any person for
  or with respect to any month under title I or II of the federal economic
  opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four or any  program  assisted
  under  such  title  shall not be regarded as income or resources of such
  person in determining his need for such public assistance or care, or as
  income or resources of any other individual in  determining  such  other
  individual's  need  for  such  public assistance or care; but any amount
  made available to or for the benefit of such other individual  from  the
  excess  of  the amounts exempted hereby may be considered in determining
  the eligibility of such other individual for such public  assistance  or
  care.