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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Stability (ES) Part No./Name B – Eligibility Factors Section No./Name B-600-FITAP-SNAP Income Document No./Name B-620-FITAP Types of Income Effective Date May 1, 2023

9 of 28 Do not count:

● HUD Community Development Block Grant Funds. ● HUD payments or subsidies. ● Government housing subsidies.

B-620-21-FITAP - PO Indian and Native Claims and Lands Income

DO NOT COUNT PAYMENTS RECEIVED UNDER:

● Public Laws 92-254, 93-134, 94-540. ● Section 6 of Public Law 94-114 (89 stat.577, 25 USC 459d). ● Public Law 98-123 or Public Law 98-124. ● TAX-EXEMPT PORTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 92-203, THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT. ● PUBLIC LAW 96-420 (PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE AND PENOBSCOT NATION, OR THE HOULTON BAND OF MALISEET INDIANS PURSUANT TO THE MAINE INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1980).

B-620-21A-FITAP - PO Indian Gambling Operations

INCOME RECEIVED AS PER CAPITA PAYMENTS (DISTRIBUTED PROFITS) FROM PROFITS EARNED BY INDIAN-OWNED CASINOS AND OTHER GAMBLING OPERATIONS IS CONSIDERED UNEARNED INCOME. THE GROSS INCOME WILL BE BUDGETED OVER THE PERIOD THE PAYMENT IS INTENDED TO COVER. (FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL PER CAPITA PAYMENTS WILL BE BUDGETED OVER 12 MONTHS).

PAYMENTS TO CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS OLD ARE COUNTABLE AS UNEARNED INCOME IF DISPOSITION OF THE PAYMENTS IS LEFT TO THE HOUSEHOLD'S DISCRETION. IF THE HOUSEHOLD IS NOT GIVEN A CHOICE AND THE MONEY IS DEPOSITED IN AN INACCESSIBLE TRUST FUND, THE CHILDREN'S PAYMENTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM INCOME.

PAYMENTS LEGALLY DUE TO TRIBAL MEMBERS WHICH ARE REFUSED BY THE MEMBER ARE COUNTABLE TO THE ASSISTANCE UNIT.

B-620-22-FITAP – PO In-kind Income

DO NOT COUNT ANY GAIN OR BENEFIT WHICH IS NOT IN THE FORM OF MONEY PAYABLE DIRECTLY TO THE HOUSEHOLD (EARNED OR UNEARNED).

EXCEPTION: COUNT AS EARNED INCOME VENDOR PAYMENTS MADE BY THE EMPLOYER INSTEAD OF ALL OR PART OF THE SALARY.