212.1 Purpose

This section describes the allowable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) deductions.

212.2 General Information

Certain deductions are allowed when determining net monthly income for SNAP purposes. No other deductions from gross countable income are permitted. The deductions allowed for households with aged and/or disabled members differ from those for all other households.

212.3 Allowable Deductions for Households with Aged/Disabled Members

The allowable deductions for households with aged or disabled members include the following:

The standard deduction (See SNAP Manual Section 600);

The earned income deduction (20% of gross earned income and 50% for self-employment income - See manual section 104 for more detailed information on self-employment income);

NOTE: The 50% self-employment deduction represents the cost-to-produce. The household also receives the 20% earned income deduction.

A dependent care deduction for children under 18 and people with disabilities of any age, with no limit, including transportation costs and activity fees;

An excess shelter deduction with no limit;

An excess medical expense deduction; and

A child support deduction for legally obligated child support payments paid by a SNAP household member to or for a child outside the household.

A household qualifies for these deductions if it contains a member who is:

Age 60 or older; or

212.3 Allowable Deductions for Households with Aged/Disabled Members (continued)

Receiving federal or state supplemental benefits under Section 1616 (a) of the Social Security Act (SSA) provided that the eligibility to receive the benefits is based upon the disability or blindness criteria under title XVI of the SSA; or

Receiving federally or state-administered supplemental benefits under Section 212 (a) of Public Law 93-66; or

Receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits; or

Receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, including persons receiving SSI based on presumptive eligibility; or

Receiving disability payments from the Veterans Administration (VA) equal to the full (100%) disability; or

A veteran with a service-connected or non-service-connected disability rated by the Veteran’s Administration as total or paid as total by the VA; or

A veteran considered by the VA to need regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound; or

A surviving spouse of a veteran and considered by the VA to need regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound, or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be permanently incapable of self-support; or

A surviving spouse or surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for a non-service connected death, and has a disability considered permanent under Section 221 (I) of the Social Security Act.

NOTE: Entitled refers to those veterans’ surviving spouses and surviving children who are receiving the stated payments or are approved to receive such payments but are not yet receiving them.

State agency disability benefits which are at least as stringent as those under Title XVI of the Social Security Act.

212.4 Allowable Deductions for All Other Households(continued)

Receiving disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under the Social Security Act; or

Receiving an annuity payment under the Railroad Retirement Act of

1974 and is determined eligible to receive Medicare by the Railroad Retirement Board.

The allowable deductions for all other households are the following:

The standard deduction (SNAP Manual Section 600);