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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION INCOME AND RESOURCES FNS 315 SPECIAL BUDGETING

10 Section 315 Change #01-2022 January 11, 2022 315.12 COURT-ORDERED RESTITUTION A. Determine if the court-ordered restitution anticipated to be received by the FNS unit member is a reimbursement for a loss or damages incurred. Do not count reimbursements for losses or damages incurred. B. If the court-ordered restitution anticipated to be received by the FNS unit member is a lump sum for pain and suffering: 1. Do not count as income. 2. Count as a resource in the month of receipt. C. All ongoing court-ordered payments are counted as unearned income unless excluded in FNS 300 Sources of Income. 315.13 DEPENDENT CARE PAYMENTS A. Determine if the dependent care payment is received as wages by a FNS unit member for care provided to a non-FNS unit member. Count these payments as earned income. B. Determine if the dependent care payment is received as wages paid by one FNS unit member to another member within the same FNS unit. 1. The dependent care payments provided by an outside source, such as a state or federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), is to be treated as earned income to the person providing the dependent care. EXAMPLE: Household size of three includes mother and child and the child’s grandmother. The mother works. She receives a child care reimbursement from a State’s CCDF. The grandmother watches the child and the mother pays her with the CCDF child care reimbursement. The money paid to the grandmother is to be counted as earned income. 2. If the dependent care payment is provided by a FNS unit member to another FNS unit member from his/her own pocket, do not count payments to the member providing the care as income. Such child care payments are not counted as earned income because the money is moving between FNS unit members. A deduction for child care would not be allowed in this situation. C. Determine if the dependent care payment is received as wages by a FNS unit member for care provided to a dependent FNS unit member by a non-FNS unit member. Count these payments as earned income.