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c. Do not enter farm income as Farm Income Self-Employment when an individual is not actively engaged in farming. Enter the income from the rental or lease of farm property as Self-Employment/Rental unearned income.

14.Consider sick pay received as unearned income if the person is not considered an employee by the employer while receiving the sick pay. Sick pay from an outside source, such as an insurance company, is considered unearned income, whether or not the recipient is still considered an employee by the employer. Do not consider these payments earned income.

15.Assistance payments that require, as a condition of eligibility, the household to work without any compensation other than the assistance payments.

16.Monies received by a household member (protective payee/benefit payee), which are used for the care and maintenance of a non-household member, are handled as follows:

a. If all the money is used for the care and maintenance of the non- household member, it is excluded. For example, the grandparent is the payee for their grandchild’s Retirement and Survivors Disability Insurance (RSDI). The grandchild does not live with the grandparent. The grandparent gives the grandchild the entire RSDI check. In this situation, none of the RSDI is counted as income for the grandparent.

b. If the household member (protective payee/benefit payee) keeps some or all of the money, that portion of the money is considered unearned income to the protective payee's household.

c. If the non-household member's portion cannot be readily identified, the payment is evenly pro-rated among intended beneficiaries. The non-household member's pro rata share or the amount documented as actually used for the non-household member's care and maintenance, whichever is less, is the amount excluded.

17.Any income of military personnel dispatched to bases in the United States or sent overseas, which is sent directly to the household. This includes money directly deposited by the military in a joint checking account in the name of the dispatched person and a household member.

18.Housing assistance for households residing in transitional housing for the homeless that is distributed by Federal, State, or local organizations to a third party.

19.Federal or State assistance in the form of money for weatherization or emergency replacement or repair to a heating or cooling device is countable income when periodic payments are received on a regular basis. The income is pro-rated over the period it is intended to cover. If one-time payments are made on an as-needed basis that cannot be anticipated, the assistance is excluded.