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retroactive unemployment insurance payments, vocational training, classroom training and per diem for out-of-town interviews. Funds paid under either of these acts must be counted as unearned income.
5511 VISTA Payments SNAP Manual 01/01/00 VISTA payments made to volunteers who were not receiving TEA Cash Assistance, AFDC, or SNAP benefits at the time they joined VISTA will be counted as earned income. See SNAP 5405for additional information. 5512 Wages and Salaries SNAP Manual 06/01/05 All money paid by check or in cash to an individual for services performed as an employee will be counted as income. Advances of wages will be considered income in the month received if paid in anticipation of work to be performed and if the advance is to be deducted by the employer from wages paid at a later date. Attendant Care payments are counted as wages if • The funds for the attendant care cost are provided (or reimbursed) by a source outside the household other than the Cash and Counseling Demonstration Project for Medicaid recipients; and • These funds are paid to another household member who is actually providing the attendant care. Dependent Care payments are counted as wages if • The funds are for the dependent care costs are provided (or reimbursed) by a source outside the household; and • These funds are paid to another household member who is actually providing the dependent care. When an employer provides money and this money is to be repaid directly, the money will be considered to be a loan. Loans are excluded as income. See SNAP 5408.