b. Countable Income

In determining the gross income, the following types of income shall be counted except as specified in subdivision (2) of this section: unearned income of all adult and child family members; and gross earnings of all parents and adult family members.

The following types of income shall be excluded from the gross income determination: TFA cash assistance benefits; child support payments; income paid by the Census Bureau to low-income temporary census workers; the value of Food Stamp benefits; the earnings of a family member who is under the age of eighteen who is not the parent of a child for whom assistance is requested; earned income credit payment, including advanced payments; cash contributions from non-profit charitable agencies or organizations; interest and dividends totaling less than six hundred dollars per calendar year; lump sum payments from unearned income sources totaling less than six hundred dollars per calendar year; income tax refunds; special need payments issued by the department on behalf of a cash assistance recipient that are paid to a vendor; income from the sponsor of a non-citizen; grants, loans and scholarships paid to students; cash gifts received on an irregular basis, the aggregate of which does not exceed twelve hundred dollars per calendar year; the value of goods and services given as in-kind income rather than cash payments; reimbursements for expenditures that do not represent a benefit or gain to the recipient; disaster assistance paid under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended, including the Individual and Family Grant (IFG) program, and comparable disaster assistance provided by states, local governments and private organizations, and any interest earned on funds from this source; payments made by the Department of Labor to meet the cost of pursuing employment; state or federal government rental subsidies; security deposits returned by a landlord to the family; payments made under means-tested energy assistance programs and utility subsidies; and payments received under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.