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Title 7: SNAP Page 18 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised February 13, 2026 In-Home Health-Care Payments In-Home Health-Care Payments (Cont.) If the income of the household member receiving the care pays for part of the care (client participation):

 Count this as earned income to the household member providing the care when the person receiving the care and the person providing the care are not in the same SNAP household.

 Exclude this as income to the household member providing the care when the person receiving the care is in the same SNAP. In-Kind Benefits (Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(l) Exclude any nonmonetary or in-kind gain or benefit provided directly to the household, such as meals, free rent, clothing, public housing, or produce from a garden.

Also exclude any in-kind benefits converted to a direct cash payment, when approved by a federally authorized demonstration project. Working off rent is an in-kind benefit. Do not count the value of free rent as income, and do not allow it as a deduction. Insurance Settlements (Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(8) Exclude from income all money received from nonrecurring lump-sum insurance settlements. Interest Income (Excluded and Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)(v), 273.9(c)(2) When the time of receipt and the amount of the interest can be anticipated, count it as unearned income. If either the time of receipt or the amount of interest cannot be anticipated, do not count the portion that is uncertain. For most passbook accounts, the time the bank credits the interest can be anticipated, but the amount of the interest cannot be anticipated. The owner can change the amount of money in the account at any time. Prorate interest income that can be anticipated by dividing the amount anticipated during the certification period by the number of months in the certification period. Irregular Income (Excluded in part) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(2) Exclude up to $30 of income per federal fiscal quarter when the income is received too infrequently or irregularly to be reasonably anticipated.