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Title 7: SNAP Page 7 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 Child Support Income Child Support Income (Cont.) Count child support of a FIP participant that is released to the SNAP household unless the Child Support Recovery Unit must keep the child support to comply with FIP requirements.

Count child support of a SNAP household member who is a FIP participant that is released to the SNAP household for:  An overage released when the child support exceeds the FIP assistance paid out, or  Months FIP was not received.

For child support payments paid to SNAP household members for a child that is not a member of the same SNAP household, see Representative Payee Income.

Exclude income when there is no way to predict the month it will be received. If you can predict the month income will be received but the amount is uncertain, count only the amount that is certain.

A household received child support payments only twice in the past six months. The amounts were different. The amount of this income and when it will be received again, is uncertain. Do not anticipate any child support for the certification period. Contract Income (Earned) 7 CFR 273.10(c)(3)(ii) Annualize income earned under contract when the income represents the household member’s annual income, even when the contract covers a period of less than 12 months. This may include the income of school employees, even if their contract breaks the amount down to an hourly rate.

Do not annualize contract income that is not the household member’s annual income. Do not annualize contract income that is received on an hourly or piecework basis. Prorate this contract income over the period the income is intended to cover.

This policy does not apply to migrant or seasonal farm workers. If the contract income is not the household member’s annual income and is paid on an hourly or piecework basis, count the income when received.