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Title 7: SNAP Page 27 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 Repayment for Intentional Noncompliance Repayment for Intentional Noncompliance (Cont.) Verify with the individual program (except SSI, as you will be contacted by Central Office Staff) that the repayment amount withheld is due to an intentional failure to comply with program requirements.

If the amount withheld is not due to intentional noncompliance, exclude it as a regular recoupment. (See Recoupment.) Representative Payee Income (Unearned or Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(1)(vii), 7 CFR 273.9(c)(6) A representative payment is a payment that is received by one person, the payee, for the needs of another person, the beneficiary. When the payee and the beneficiary are in the same SNAP household, count the payment as unearned income to the household. When the payee and the beneficiary are not in the same SNAP household, treat the representative payment as follows:

 If the payee gives the payment to, or uses it for the needs of the beneficiary, do not count the payment towards the payee’s household. Count the payment amount towards the beneficiary’s household.

 If the payee does not give the payment to or use it for the needs of the beneficiary, count the income towards the payee’s household. Do not count the payment amount towards the beneficiary’s household.

When a representative payment is made to a payee that is intended for more than one beneficiary, and the beneficiaries are both SNAP household and nonhousehold members, exclude only the identifiable portion of the payment intended and used for the care and maintenance of the nonhousehold member.