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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 08/2019

EXCLUDED INCOME

0017.06

MFIP, DWP, MSA, GA, GRH: No provisions.

SNAP: Exclude income from the following sources:

● Gate money received by an applicant/recipient released from a penal institution. Also see 0015.27 (Assets - Income).

● Children’s Nutrition Act.

● Initial refugee resettlement funds.

● Benefits from the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) nutrition program.

● Benefits from the National School Lunch Act. For self-employment cases that are not able to use the Simplified Self- Employment calculations, count payments from the Child Care Food Program to providers.

● Benefits from the State Food Programs. See 0029.07.03 (State Food Programs).

● Loans which the client has a written agreement to repay, EXCEPT some programs count student loans. See 0017.15.36 (Student Financial Aid Income). Before loans with a repayment agreement can be excluded, obtain a Gift or Loan Statement (DHS-2808) (PDF) or a loan repayment agreement signed by both parties.

● Reverse mortgages.

● Most income from American Indian tribal land settlements and some income from interest in tribal trust and other restricted Indian lands. See 0017.15.09 (Income From Tribal Payments).

● Payments from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

● Amounts a client receives which are related to shared living expenses and are solely to pay a portion of another person’s living expense. The client may not own the home, make a profit, or provide any services in exchange for the income. An example is the amount the client receives from a roommate to forward to the landlord.

● Payments by the vocational rehabilitation program administered by the state, EXCEPT those payments that are for current living expenses.

● Relocation Assistance for displaced persons under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, the Housing and Redevelopment Act of 1965, or the Housing Act of 1965.

● Refunds or rebates from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for excess rents charged.

● Security deposit refunds for rent and utility deposit refunds, whether paid by the client, EGA, the former Emergency Assistance program, or out of the Consolidated Fund.

● Trade Adjustment Act of 1974.

● War reparations payments to Japanese-Americans and Aleuts under Public Law 100-383.

● Cash from the sale of the client’s property or assets, regardless of whether the asset was excluded. This does not apply to some business capital gains. See 0017.15.54 (Capital Gains and Losses as Income). For instruction on treating cash from the sale of property as assets, see 0015.27 (Assets - Income), 0015.60 (Evaluation of Lump Sums).

● Payments to replace personal or real property made by public agencies, issued by insurance companies, awarded by a court, or solicited through public appeal. See 0017.15.30 (Lump Sum Income).