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ESA SNAP Policy Manual 296 INCOME TYPE TANF, GC AND RCA SNAP NON-MAGI MEDICAL AND IDA MAGI—MEDICAID  Compensation awards for a set use such as workers’ compensation that must be used for training expenses or disaster-related loans or grants  Transportation reimbursement for jury duty  Stipends for participants in SNAP E&T or a TANF work program  Work-related reimbursements Count any portion of a reimbursement that covers normal living expenses as earned income. Rental income Count gross rental income less expenses as earned or unearned income as described below:  If the individual manages the property by collecting rental payments and by providing services to maintain the property: Count as earned income.  If a rental company or other party manages the property and the individual has no specific responsibility for managing the property: Count as unearned income. Count gross rental income less expenses as earned or unearned income as described below:  If the household actively manages the rental units for at least 20 hours a week, count as earned self- employment income.  If the household spends less than 20 hours a week managing the units, count as unearned self- employment income.

Active management of a rental household includes tasks such as advertising, showing the property to prospective renters, bookkeeping, inspections, cleaning, making repairs, redecorating and yard maintenance. Unearned: Count gross lease income less expenses. Lease expenses may include interest on mortgage, property taxes, maintenance and repair costs, insurance on structure, advertising and utilities when paid by the landlord. Lease expenses do not include the amount of a mortgage applied toward the principal balance of the loan. Taxable/unearned: Count gross lease income less expenses. Lease expenses may include interest on mortgage, property taxes, maintenance and repair costs, insurance on structure, advertising and utilities when paid by the landlord. Lease expenses do not include the amount of a mortgage applied toward the principal balance of the loan. Room and board Count gross boarder income minus expenses as earned income. (Boarder income is treated as other self-employment income.) For payments made by a boarder directly to the household:  Count gross boarder income minus expenses Unearned:  Customers must own or be buying the property to Taxable/unearned

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