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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 5000 5400 Income Exclusions 5413 Vendor Payments

The grandmother receives SNAP. Ms. Conway states that she keeps $100 of the social security payment and gives $100 to the grandmother to take care of her child. $100 will be counted in the grandmother’s SNAP case. If the non-household member’s share cannot be readily identified, the payment will be evenly prorated among the intended beneficiaries. The amount excluded will be the lesser of the household member’s pro rata share or the amount actually used for non-household member’s care and maintenance. EXAMPLE 3:Mrs. Scott receives child support in the amount of $500 for three children ages 6, 9 and 17. The seventeen year old child lives with an aunt. Mrs. Scott states that she gives the aunt some money for the 17 year old each month. The amount varies depending on the child needs. She estimates that it averages out to around $175 per month. The $500 child support payment is prorated among the three children. The pro rata amount of $166.66 is excluded from Mrs. Scott’s income when calculating a SNAP budget. If the intended beneficiary is included in a household that receives SNAP benefits, the amount received by the beneficiary or used by the payee for the beneficiary’s care and maintenance will be counted as income in that household’s SNAP budget. This means that if both households receive SNAP benefits, the full amount of the benefit should be counted. The benefit amount may be counted in full in either budget or split between the two budgets. See SNAP 5706. 5413 Vendor Payments SNAP Manual 06/01/01 Vendor payments are monetary payments made by a non-household member for household expenses. To be excluded as income, these payments must be made by a person outside of the household directly to the household’s creditors or to a person or organization that is providing a service to the household. The household must not have the option of receiving these funds directly. Examples of excluded vendor payments appear below: 1. A friend, employer, agency, church, relative, or former spouse makes payments for household expenses such as rent or utilities directly to the landlord or utility company.If