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Title 7: SNAP Page 10 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter F: Budgeting Anticipating Income Revised September 27, 2024 Past 30 Days’ Income Comment: Reasonably anticipating income requires verifying at least 30 days of income. This does not apply to ending income. This procedure does not apply to unreasonable or questionable explanations.

1. Gloria applied for SNAP and turned in 30 days of income from her retail job. At the interview she said the income she provided is not indicative of future income as her hours have been reduced from 30 to 25 hrs/wk because it is a slower time in retail. She’s unsure when her hours will be increased back to 30 hrs/wk. The worker finds nothing questionable about this information, and given the time of year, it makes sense that it is a slower time in retail. Because there is verification of 30 days of income and the explanation is reasonable, the updated wage amount she reported is used to project income. 2. Rebecca’s desk RRED is received on June 12 and she includes paystubs from her job at a hardware store. She indicates on the RRED that the amount of money earned from her job will not stay the same as the stubs she included with her RRED, shown below: 5/15 = 36 hours @ $16.25/hour = $585 5/30 = 24 hours @ 16.25/hour = $390 Because Rebecca said the verification is not indicative, clarification is needed. It is best to contact her by phone to discuss why. She says that the store recently hired several seasonal positions and she had one six-hour shift cut each week, so she is now working 12 hours/week instead of18 hours/week. This will continue until the store gets busier or the seasonal employees are let go. Rebecca’s explanation is reasonable and her ongoing income is calculated at 12 hours/week. 3. On April 12, Trinity a SNAP/FIP recipient reports her work hours will increase from 12 hours/week to 35 hours/week as of May 1. During the conversation with Trinity, she says she expects the change to continue because she has new responsibilities at work. Her new income does not exceed her reporting requirements for SNAP. SNAP case action: Her new income does not exceed her reporting requirements, so no action is taken for SNAP at the time of report. If she returns verification of her income because of the RFI sent for FIP, her SNAP income should be updated if the impact to the case is clear. If she does not return the income verification, no action is taken on the SNAP case. FIP case action: Request income verification due to the change in work hours for FIP only. If she returns the verification, calculate the new income for FIP. If she does not return the requested verification, cancel FIP with timely notice for failure to provide.