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ESA SNAP Policy Manual 294 INCOME TYPE TANF, GC AND RCA SNAP NON-MAGI MEDICAL AND IDA MAGI—MEDICAID  Received as a result of the service member’s deployment to or service in an area designated as a combat zone as under an Executive Order or Public Law  Not received by the service member before their deployment to or service in a federally designated combat zone Money received by a third party Money received by a third party for a household member:  Excluded if not received by the household member  Counted if received by the household member Exclude money received by a third party for a household member unless the money is made available to the member. Nontaxable/taxable: How the income is treated varies depending on the source of the funds and if the funds are available to the member. Money received for others Exclude money received by the household on behalf of others who are not in the household if the household does not use the funds for its own needs. Exclude money received by a member on behalf of a nonhousehold member if it is not for the needs of the household. Nontaxable/taxable: How the income is treated varies depending on the source of the funds and if the member keeps the funds. Native American/Alaska Native payments Payments to Native Americans are excluded when the payments are specifically excluded under federal law:  PL 92-203: Tax exempt portions of payments under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act  PL 93-134: Funds distributed to members of Indian tribes and the purchases made with such funds  PL 93-531: Relocation assistance payments to members of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes  PL 94-114: Receipts distributed to members of certain Indian tribes  PL 96-420: Payments to the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation  PL 95-433: Payments received by the confederated tribes and Bands of Yakima Indian Nation Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation  PL 95-531: Relocation payments to the Navajo and Hopi Tribes  PL 94-540: Judgment funds to the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians Excluded Nontaxable/excluded Return