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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 4000 8B4900 Special Resource Situations 55B4951 Handling

8. The proceeds (net) from the sale of personal property when payment is received on a one-time basis. See SNAP 5710 when payments are received in installments. 9. Work Incentive payments received upon the completion of the program; 10. Retroactive Social Security, or Railroad Retirement payments or any other retroactive benefit payment. TEA and SSI lump sum payments will be excluded as a resource so long as the recipient continues to be eligible for the benefit. See SNAP 4951 for instructions. If the recipient is no longer eligible for SSI or TEA, the lump sum payment will be considered a resource. 11. Retroactive Wages (net) paid on a one-time basis to correct a previous underpayment or to otherwise adjust wages. 12. Vacation Pay (net) when received as a one-time payment after termination or layoff. 13. Severance Pay (net) when received as a one-time payment. See SNAP 5716 for instructions on handling severance pay received in installments. 14. Salary Bonuses (net) which cannot be considered to be annual bonuses. See SNAP 5502 for additional information.

4951 Handling SNAP Manual 12/01/93 Only the amount of the lump sum payment available to the household will be considered a resource. For applicant households, the county office worker must consider the amount of the payment available as of the day of the interview to be a countable resource. For active households, the county office worker must consider the amount of the payment available as of the date of change or the end of the applicable ten-day notice period to be a countable resource. To determine the countable resource amount, the worker will consider only the net amount of the payment. For example, a client may be entitled to a $10,000 settlement from Workman’s Compensation but receive a check for $7,000 after legal fees. $7,000 would be considered the amount of the lump sum payment. After the net amount of the payment has been determined, the worker must deduct any expenditure the household claims to have made from the payment. For example, a household receives a $7,000 lump sum payment, and claims expenditures as follows: 1. $3,000 to a car dealer for a used car. 2. $500 to a furniture store. 3. $800 for repairs to the house. 4. $400 for clothes and shoes for the children.