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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 5000 5400 Income Exclusions 5405 (By) Federal Statute

Nutrition Act authorizes the Special Milk Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the WIC Program. (See item 20 for additional information about the WIC Program.) The National School Lunch Act authorizes the School Lunch Program, the Summer Food Service Program for children, the Commodity Distribution Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The exclusion applies to assistance provided to children rather than that paid to providers. 20. Benefits received from the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) under P.L. 92-443, Sec. 9 and P.L. 100-435, which amended Section 17(m)(7) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. 21. Under P.L. 102-586, Section 8, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act Amendments of 1992, the value of any child care provided or arranged (or any amount received as payment for such care or reimbursement for costs incurred for such care) under this subchapter. 22. Payments made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution under P.L. 103-286. This exclusion is effective for eligibility and benefit level determinations made on or after August 1, 1994. 23. Under P.L. 101-508, the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990, earned income credit (EIC) payments s under section 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code. EIC payments are received as part of the employee’s paycheck through a reduction in taxes withheld. 24. Under P.O. 103-22, compensation made to crime victims as authorized by the Crime Act of 1984. 25. Under P.L. 107-171, the Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002, all student financial assistance. See SNAP 1622.3. 26. Under P.L. 101-625, section 22(i), Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act, dated 11/28/90 42 USCS 1437t(i) - no service provided to a public housing resident under section 22(I) of this law may be treated as income. This exclusion applies to services such as child care, employment training and counseling, literacy training, computer skills training, assistance in the attainment of certificates of high school equivalency and other services. It does not apply to wages or stipends. Wages and stipends are counted as income. 27. Funds withdrawn from a Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Family Self-Sufficiency Program escrow account are excluded as income when determining eligibility for SNAP. See SNAP 5413.2 for additional information about this exclusion. 28. Under P.L. 104-193, section 103 (a) which amended Section 404 (h) of Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act, funds (including accrued interest) in an individual development account (IDA) under the TANF Block grant program will be excludedduring