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14 • Regular payments from the Social Security Administration (Retirement, Survivors’ benefits, Supplemental Security Income, Disability benefits) • Railroad retirement • Child support • Alimony • Unemployment compensation • Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) • Strike benefits from union funds • Workers’ compensation insurance • Veterans Administration (VA) payments • Training stipends • Military family allotments or other regular support from an absent family member • Private pensions • Government employee pensions (including military retirement pay) • Regular insurance or annuity payments • Interest, dividends, or royalties • Net rental income • Net royalties • Periodic receipts from estates or trusts • Net gambling or lottery winnings • Financial support from family or friends • Severance pay

5.5.2 Non-Countable Income Income received from the following must not be counted as income:

• Federal non-cash benefit programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), school lunches, or housing assistance • Earned income of a child under the age of 18 • Foster care benefits • Adoption stipends • One-time payments from a welfare agency, church or social organization to a family or person who is in temporary financial difficulty • Income tax refunds • Utility allowances or reimbursements • Capital gains