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Title 7: SNAP Page 25 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 PROMISE JOBS Payments PROMISE JOBS Payments (Excluded and Earned) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(5) Exclude payments from the PROMISE JOBS program for child care or transportation expenses that are incurred as a result of participating in PROMISE JOBS. See Reimbursements. PROMISE JOBS payments paid to a SNAP household member who provides child care services for a PROMISE JOBS participant are considered self-employment earned income. Property Sold on Contract (Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)(ii) Count income from installment sales contracts as unearned self-employment income. (For more information on determining self-employment income, see 7-I, Self- Employed Households: Property Sold on Contract.) Property Settlement (Unearned, Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(8) Count property settlements paid as cash in more than one payment. Exclude property settlements paid as cash in one payment as a nonrecurring sum. See Lump Sum (Nonrecurring). 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. Recoupment (Excluded or Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(5) Exclude money that is withheld from the household’s income to repay a prior overpayment. Also exclude money the household received, but voluntarily or involuntarily returned to repay a prior overpayment from that income source. See Repayment for Intentional Noncompliance. Refunds From Rent or Utility Deposits (Excluded) See Lump Sum (Nonrecurring). Reimbursements (Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(5) Exclude reimbursements for past or future expenses as long as the reimbursements meet all of the following criteria:  They do not exceed actual expenses. If the reimbursement exceeds actual expenses, count the excess as income. Do not consider a reimbursement to exceed actual expenses unless the provider or the household says it exceeds actual expenses.

 They do not result in a gain or benefit to the household.