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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 5000 5400 Income Exclusions 5401 Child Support Payments which are Excluded

5400 Income Exclusions

SNAP Manual 01/01/03 Only the following types of income are excluded when determining SNAP eligibility: • Child support payments obligated to OCSE to maintaineligibility • Costs of producing self-employment income • Earnings of a child who attends school • Educational income • By Federal statute • In kind benefits • Irregular income • Loans • Non-recurring lump sum payments • Payments for third party beneficiaries • Recoupments • Reimbursements • Vendor payments • Earned income tax credits See SNAP 5401 - 5414 for a full explanation of excluded income.

5401 Child Support Payments which are Excluded SNAP Manual 01/01/00 Child Support payments received by TEA recipients which are obligated to the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to maintain TEA eligibility will not be counted as income. This exclusion applies even when such payments are not actually turned in to OCSE. It also applies to payments received by former AFDC and/or TEA recipients when held by OCSE and applied to previous AFDC and/or TEA arrearages. Any child support payment received through an interception of a State or Federal income tax refund is excluded as non-recurring lump sum payments. Any child support payment received through interception of a lump sum Worker’s Compensation payment is also excluded as a non- recurring lump sum payment. See SNAP 4950 for instructions on handling lump sum payments. Also see SNAP 5704 for an explanation of child support to be counted as income.