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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 5000 5700 Unearned Income 5701 Transitional Employment Assistance(TEA)

TEA Diversion Assistance payments will be excluded as a nonrecurring lump sum payment. See SNAP 4950 for instructions on handling lump sum payments. 5701.2 Employment Bonus SNAP Manual 09/01/00 An Employment Bonus cash payment will be made to any family who becomes ineligible for TEA cash assistance due to employment or who requests the TEA case be closed due to employment, unless the family has already received an Employment Bonus within the preceding twelve months. The amount of the bonus payment will be equal to the amount of the last regular TEA cash payment. TEA Employment Bonuses payments will be counted as unearned income in the SNAP budget in the month received. 5701.3 Extended Support Transportation Payments SNAP Manual 06/01/05 When a TEA case closes due to employment, the family is automatically eligible to receive two months of Extended Support Transportation payments in the amount of $200 each month. These payments are intended to help the family meet transportation costs in the first two months following termination of TEA cash assistance. Extended Support Transportation benefit payments will be excluded as a reimbursement for a job-related expense to the extent that these payments do not exceed actual job-related expenses for transportation costs. EXAMPLE: A household member receives an Extended Support Transportation payment in the amount of $200. The member’s transportation expenses total $150. $50 will be shown as unearned income in the SNAP budget. Transportation costs may include the expenses of purchasing, repairing or maintaining a car. Transportation costs may also include payments made for public or private transportation to the employment site. Transportation costs will be verified to the extent that it is practical to do so. For example, a household may be able to verify the costs of repairing a car or purchasing tires. However, they may not be able to furnish receipts for gas. In the case, the county office worker may use the current State reimbursement rate per mile times the round trip mileage to the work site to determine the cost of transportation to work.