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The only earned royalties are derived from a self-employment business enterprise (SNAP 503-1). Unearned Royalties (SNAP 501-1). SALE OF BLOOD: Gross income from the sale of blood or blood plasma is countable earned income. SEVERANCE PAY/ SICK LEAVE/ VACATION PAY: Sick leave or vacation pay received while still employed is countable earned income. Vacation pay received after employment termination is severance pay and considered unearned income (SNAP 501- 1). Sick leave pay received after employment termination is considered unearned income (SNAP 501-1). TIPS: Tips are countable earned income. A clear understanding of how tips are earned and paid is needed to prospect this income. Verification varies depending on how the tips are reported, shown on wage stubs, and are paid. Acceptable verification of tips may include: the individual's daily tip log, pay stubs, or an employer statement. VENDOR PAYMENT: An unearned vendor payment is money paid directly to the household's creditors, a person, or an organization that provided a service to the household. A vendor payment is made on behalf of the household by a person or organization that is not in the household (SNAP 501-1). Money legally obligated or payable to the household as earnings but is diverted to a third party for a household expense, is countable earned income. WAGES FROM EMPLOYMENT: Gross wages are wages before taxes, insurance, etc., are deducted. Gross wages include salary and commission earnings and are countable earned income. WORK STUDY: Earnings from work study are excluded as educational income. If a student exhausts work study hours and continues working, the income received is no longer considered excluded educational income, but is countable wages. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT (WIA): The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) replaced Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Work Experience wages paid to the participant by the sponsoring WIA agency are excluded earned income. WIA On-the-Job-Training wages paid to the participant by the employer are earned income.