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Title 7: SNAP Page 2 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Payments Types of Income Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.9(b) Income means all income from any source. Income is either earned, unearned, or excluded. Most income is counted in the month the household receives it. Exceptions to this are interest income, student income, some self-employment income, and some contract income. Student and self-employment income are covered in 7-I, Specific Households and Participants. The following sections list in alphabetical order the most frequent types of income and how to treat them. The headings list legal references and, in parentheses, whether the income is unearned, earned, or excluded. Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Payments (Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(10) Do not count payments made from ABLE accounts. Adoption Subsidy (UNEARNED) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)(i) Count adoption subsidies as unearned income. Adoption subsidies are payments made to adoptive parents. These payments come from federal funds, and are based on need.

Exclude adoption subsidy payments when the payment is a reimbursement for expenses like child care or medical expenses.

Exclude pre-adoption subsidy payments as income if the child is not included in the SNAP household. Count the pre-adoption subsidy payment as income if the child is included in the SNAP household. These payments are treated the same as foster care payments. Alimony Payments (Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)(iii), 273.9(b)(5)(i) Count as unearned income any alimony payments the household gets from someone outside the household, excluding any fees withheld. See Costs Withheld from Unearned Income. AmeriCorps Payments (Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(c)(10) PL 101-610 Do not count any payment a household receives from AmeriCorps as income. These payments are excluded under Public Law 101-610 are excluded as income.