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CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGE: Child support arrearages received on a regular monthly payment schedule are part of the current payment and are countable. A child support arrearage paid in a one-time payment is considered a nonrecurring lump sum and is excluded. CHILD SUPPORT OR SPOUSAL SUPPORT: Payments paid directly to the household are countable income against the child(ren) it is intended to support. Money legally obligated and otherwise payable to the household but diverted to a third party (e.g., recovery fee) is countable income. Evaluate the child support order to determine the correct amount attributable to each child. If the order does not indicate an amount per child, assume the amount received is equally distributed to all minor children of the absent parent living in the household. If the household where the child is living is not receiving the child support income, the child support is not counted against that household. It is counted against the person who receives the money. When child support is being reduced to repay over issued child support, the net amount of income is countable. The net amount of child support income is found on the WAP screen on SEARCHS. Child support income is countable when the household keeps the child support received prior to the initial authorization of TANF or Tribal TANF. All child support income received after initial TANF benefit authorization is excluded income due to the requirement to turn the money over to the Child Support Services Division (CSSD). There is not an over payment for SNAP for this situation. COMBAT PAY: When determining the household's income for SNAP purposes, the eligibility staff member must determine if any monies made available to a household by an absent member deployed to a designated combat zone are excluded. Only pay received for deployment to or service in a Combat Zone (CZ), Imminent Danger Pay (IDP), and Hazardous Duty Pay Location (HDP-L) is excludable, not pay received for a Qualified Hazardous Duty Area or Direct Support Area. 1. Establish what amount of the military person's pay was available to the household prior to the deployment of the military person to a designated combat zone. a. If the military person was part of the household for SNAP purposes prior to deployment, this amount would be his/her net military pay. b. If the military person was not part of the household for SNAP purposes prior to the military person's deployment, the amount the absent military