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Title 7: SNAP Page 28 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 Representative Payee Income Representative Payee Income (Cont.) If the nonhousehold member’s portion cannot be readily identified, divide the payment evenly among all beneficiaries. Exclude the nonhousehold member’s pro rata share or the amount actually used for the nonhousehold member, whichever is less. Examples:

1. Ms. B gets SNAP as a one-person household. She receives $300 child support for her son who lives with his uncle. Ms. B keeps $100 of the child support and gives $200 to her son’s uncle to use for her son. Exclude the $200 given for the care of the son and count the $100 kept as unearned income to Ms. B’s household.

2. Ms. C gets SNAP for herself and her son. She receives $500 child support for her son and her daughter. Ms. C’s daughter lives with her grandmother. The court order specifies that the child support for each child is $250. Ms. C gives the grandmother $300 for the daughter. Count $250 as unearned income to Ms. C’s SNAP household.

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. Retirement Payments (Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2) Count payments or early withdrawals from excluded retirement plans as unearned income. If the entire account is liquidated at once, see Lump Sum (Nonrecurring). Royalties (Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2) Count income received from royalties as unearned income. Self-Employment Income See 7-I, Self-Employed Households for information on how to treat self-employment income. Severance Pay (Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b) If it is received in a single payment, exclude it as a nonrecurring lump sum. If it is paid in more than one payment count as unearned income.