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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

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EXCLUDE PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR THE CLIENT'S OWN CHILDREN.

B-620-8-1-FITAP - PR Budgeting Child Support Income at Application

Budget child support payments (court ordered and voluntary) to determine eligibility. If eligible, budget court ordered and voluntary support payments received prior to certification. Do not budget support anticipated to be received after certification as the client has agreed to submit any future payments to CSE by signing the OFS Flyer 6. Exception: Budget child support anticipated to be received after certification on all two-parent households in determining eligibility and payment amount.

NOTE: If child support payments received through IV-D (LASES) are verified through the OFS-FA Web System Clearance Summary, use the amounts verified by the ‘as of date’ shown on the ‘Verification Details’ panel. LASES must not be queried again to obtain more recent payment verification since it has already been made available using the OFS-FA Web System Clearance Summary. However, if the applicant reports during the interview that an individual in the household has recently begun receiving child support payments or making child support payments through LASES, which was not verified through the OFS-FA Web System Clearance Summary, LASES may be queried to obtain child support payment verification for the newly reported child support.

NOTE: The collection fee charged by a private collection agency is a household debt. The countable child support income is the full amount of the child support collected.

B-620-8-2-FITAP - PR Budgeting Child Support Income After Certification

Do not budget child support payments received after certification as the client has agreed to submit these payments to CSE. Exception: Budget child support received, whether it is court-ordered or voluntary, on all two-parent households to determine continued eligibility and payment amount.

B-620-8-3-FITAP - PR Child Support Received for Sanctioned Child

CSE does not retain child support payments made on behalf of a child who is sanctioned. In such cases, budget the support payment from CSE in determining eligibility and payment amount.

B-620-8-4-FITAP - PR Child Support Arrearage Payments for Two-Parent Households

Child Support arrearage payments must be counted as unearned income. Consider the following to help determine how to budget:

● If arrearage payments are being made and child support was counted as income when it was not received, do not count the arrearage payment again. Do not count the portion of the arrearage payments which were previously counted.