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Payments received for a child no longer in the home and not used for the child's benefit count as a contribution.
Refer to Section 3440.05.05 regarding a deduction in SNAP budgets for court ordered child support payments made to non-AG members. 2830.10.00 CHILD SUPPORT (C)
The amount of child support received or anticipated to be received for any member of the AG is unearned income.
Child support is budgeted as follows: • Child support received and used for the care and maintenance of a child who is not receiving assistance is to be disregarded. • Payments received for a child no longer in the home and not used for the child's benefit count as a contribution.
When child support is received: • for an adult-child (18 yrs. of age or older) and, • who is living in the home, but is not in the same assistance group with their parent (who is named on the court order to receive the support) and, • it is verified that the parent is not providing the support to the adult child.
Then the support is to be considered unavailable to the adult child and would not be included in their TANF budget. This would also apply to support paid on behalf of minor parents who are independently receiving a TANF cash benefit as the eligible caretaker for their child (see IPPM 3215.05.25.05). 2830.10.05 SUPPORT PAYMENTS (C)
Support payments received directly by the AG are counted as unearned income. Recipients who receive TANF are required to forward payments of child support, spousal support, and alimony to which they are entitled to the Child Support Bureau. The conversion date of support payments will be determined by the eligibility system at the time of authorization.
Prior to the conversion date, support received by the AG will be included in the budget. If there are system direct payments after the conversion date, the eligibility worker should contact the Child Support Bureau to ascertain what payments the amounts represent and what actions need to be taken. 2830.10.10 SUPPORT EXCESS PAYMENTS (C)
TANF recipients may receive payments out of the support collected on their behalf, such as child support distributed to a TANF $0 grant recipient, or excess child support payments. The recipient will receive an excess payment when support collected in the month exceeds: