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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

8 of 28 B-620-19-FITAP - PO Foster Care Payments Income

Do not count.

Note: A child who receives either federal or state foster care payments is not included in the assistance unit.

Note: Do not count Extended Foster Care (EFC) payments for individuals, 18 years old and older, who are receiving transitional foster care payments to aid their transition to adulthood. Adult individuals receiving EFC payments are eligible to be included in the assistance and income unit, if all other FITAP eligibility factors are met.

B-620-19A-FITAP - PO Gift Cards

DO NOT COUNT THE VALUE OF ESTABLISHMENT-SPECIFIC GIFT CARDS AS INCOME. EXAMPLE: COMMUNITY COFFEE, ROUSES, OR TEXACO.

CREDIT CARD COMPANIES, SUCH AS AMERICAN EXPRESS, MASTERCARD, OR VISA, OFFER A SECOND TYPE OF GIFT CARD. THESE PRE-PAID CREDIT CARD COMPANY GIFT CARDS DO NOT INCLUDE THE SAME LIMITATIONS AS GIFT CARDS FOR SPECIFIC ESTABLISHMENTS AND CAN BE SPENT AS CASH IN ANY STORE. CREDIT CARD COMPANY GIFT CARDS THAT ARE PROVIDED REGULARLY AND CAN BE REASONABLY ANTICIPATED ARE COUNTED AS INCOME.

EXCEPTION: THE VALUE OF MONEY DEPOSITED ON 4MYBABY GIFT CARDS ARE NOT COUNTABLE.

B-620-19B-FITAP - PO Grant-Funded Research Payments

DO NOT COUNT AS INCOME ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO THE HOUSEHOLD AS PART OF A GRANT-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS PAYMENTS MADE THROUGH THE 4MYBABY GIFT CARD. REFER TO B-620-19A-FITAP-PO.

B-620-20-FITAP - PO HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) PAYMENTS

COUNT AS INCOME:

● WAGES OR STIPENDS PAID UNDER THE HUD FAMILY INVESTMENT CENTERS PROGRAM.

NOTE: IF THE CLIENT IS PERFORMING A SERVICE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE INCOME, CONSIDER AS EARNED INCOME. OTHERWISE, CONSIDER AS UNEARNED INCOME.