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Title 7: SNAP Page 30 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 State Supplementary Assistance State Supplementary Assistance (Cont.) If the person is eligible for retroactive State Supplementary Assistance, the representative payee must set up a “dedicated” account in a financial institution and must use this money for allowable expenses of the child.

Do not count any disbursements from this account as income. Count any interest earned on the account as unearned income. See Interest Income. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (Unearned or Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2), 273.8(e)(17), 273.9(c)(8) FPM 3-97-3 Count SSI as unearned income. Use the gross or net income, whichever is less. See 14-E, Income for further instruction. SSI benefits are sometimes paid to a payee for the SSI recipient. See Representative Payee Income. Exclude retroactive SSI payments as a nonrecurring lump sum. See Lump Sum (Nonrecurring).

Exclude retroactive or underpayment SSI payments that are deposited directly into a dedicated account when a SSI recipient is under the age of 18 and must have a representative payee.

If the person is eligible for retroactive SSI, the representative payee must set up a “dedicated” account in a financial institution, and must use this money for allowable expenses of the child.

Do not count any disbursements from this account as income. Count any interest earned on the account as unearned income. See Interest Income. Strike Benefits or Picket Pay (Earned or Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2), 273.1(e) Count strike benefits as unearned income. If a union on strike considers picket pay to be payment for work performed (such as walking the picket line), count the income as earned. If the union does not consider the picket pay to be payment for work performed, it is a strike benefit and is unearned. See 7-C, Strikers for more information on strikers.