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Title 7: SNAP Page 3 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Income Types of Income Revised September 27, 2024 AmeriCorps Vista AmeriCorps Vista (Earned or Excluded) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(1)(iv), 273.9(c)(10)(iii) AmeriCorps Vista payments are not always excluded as income. See VISTA Payments. Annuities (Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2) and 273.10(c)(3) Count payments from an annuity as unearned income. Annuities should be averaged over the period of time they are intended to cover. For example, annuities that are paid annually should be averaged over 12 months. Assistance Payments (Unearned) 7 CFR 273.9(b)(2)(i) Count assistance payments as unearned income unless the payment is excluded under a specific policy. Assistance payments are payments based on need that the household gets from federal or federally aided public assistance programs or other assistance programs. Examples are:

 FIP  Supplemental Security Income (SSI)  State Supplementary Assistance  Adoption subsidy  Veterans Assistance  Indian relief  General assistance

Count these payments even if the assistance is given in the form of a vendor payment. Also count the payment even if the program requires the client to work without pay in order to be eligible.

Do not count assistance from a program that provides only in-kind assistance (gives the client food rather than a vendor payment, for example).

Do not count these payments if they are exempt under another policy. For example, do not count reimbursements for expenses like transportation, child care, or medical care, or payments that are a loan. See Reimbursements.

See specific topics throughout this chapter for more information.