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Title 7: SNAP Page 40 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Deductions Revised September 27, 2024 Child Support Payment In some situations, child support can be deducted directly from Social Security disability income. The gross and net IEVS income information may not reflect the child support payment. Verification other than IEVS is necessary in these cases.

1. Mr. A is court-ordered to pay $400 of child support a month for a child not in his home. The court order is modified to provide that Mr. A must pay an additional amount each week toward arrearages. Mr. A is paid weekly, and his child support is paid by court-ordered wage withholding of $142.30 from each paycheck ($100 for current support and $42.30 toward arrearages). $142.30 x 4 = $569.20.

Allow $569.20 of child support withheld from Mr. A’s checks as the child support deduction each month. 2. Mr. A pays court-ordered child support of $200 per month to Ms. A for their son, which she uses for his needs. The child spends 50% of his time in each home and is included in Mr. A’s SNAP household. Since the payor and child are in the same household, and the child support is used to meet the child’s needs, there is no deduction for Mr. A but this amount is not counted as income to the child. NOTE: If Ms. A gets SNAP for herself, we would not count the child support as income on her case since it is income of the child and he is not included in her benefits. 3. Mr. and Mrs. B and their children live together. Mr. B is paying court-ordered child support to the Child Support Recovery Unit for a time he and Mrs. B were not living together and Mrs. B and the children received FIP. Allow the amount Mr. B pays to Child Support Recovery as the child support deduction. 4. Ms. D has a court order to pay $400 in child support a month to a child not in the SNAP household. She pays the $400 plus an additional $100 to help with child-care costs. Allow only the $400 court-ordered child support as a deduction. 5. Mr. E pays court-ordered child support of $300 a month to a child not in the SNAP household. He owes back child support and his tax refund of $550 is intercepted to pay the back support. Allow only the $300 a month child support as a deduction. Do not allow the $550. 6. Mr. F, who is unemployed, is not paying the court-ordered $300 a month in child support for a child not in the SNAP household. His income tax refund of $400 is intercepted for the back child support owed. Do not allow the $400 as a child support deduction. See 7-I, Income and Deductions of Ineligible Household Members when an ineligible household member is responsible for or is making child support payments.