No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any law of the Virgin Islands or for the purposes of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under the tax laws of the Virgin Islands. These payments shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and the payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.