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Title 7: SNAP Page 8 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter D: Resources Excluded Resources Revised September 27, 2024 Disaster and Emergency Assistance Payments Disaster and Emergency Assistance Payments Public Law 100-707, Section 105 7 CFR 273.8(e)(7) Exclude any disaster and emergency assistance payments as provided under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, and amended by Public Law 100-107, the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988. This applies to: ▪ Federal assistance provided to persons directly affected and to comparable disaster assistance provided by states, local government, and disaster assistance organizations. Examples are HUD payments through the Individual and Family Grant (IFG) program and Small Business Administration disaster loans or grants.

▪ Government money the household receives to fix a home damaged by a disaster, if the money must be used for its intended purpose to avoid legal sanction.

▪ Disaster unemployment benefits provided under the 1988 amendments to the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. Under this Act, unemployment benefits are provided to persons who are out of work due to a major disaster, including self-employed persons and others who are not covered under regular unemployment insurance benefits.

▪ Payments provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including payments from the Individual and Family Grant Assistance payments made under Section 408 of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) 7 CFR 273.8(e)(12) Public Law 111-312 Exclude for 12 months all EITC payments received as part of a federal tax refund between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2012, as directed by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (P. L. 111-312). For EITC payments not excluded by that law:

▪ Exclude federal EITC payments for the month of receipt and the next month, if the person was not getting SNAP at the time of receipt.

▪ Exclude federal, state or local EITC payments for up to 12 months from the date of receipt if the person was getting SNAP at the time of receipt. Apply the exclusion as long as SNAP participation continues, up to a maximum of 12 months. NOTE: The exclusion ends if there is a break in participation of more than one month.