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

15 Section 315 Change #01-2022 January 11, 2022 b. Received as a result of the service member’s deployment to or service in an area desgnated as a combat zone as determined pursuant to Executive Order or Public Law. c. Not received by the service member prior to the service member’s deployment to or service in a Federally designated combat zone. C. If military pay is received from someone stationed away from the FNS unit, determine the length of absence. If absent less than 30 days, continue to include the member in the FNS unit and count his income. If absent 30 days or more, do not include the individual or their income in the FNS unit. Count any contributions made to the FNS unit as unearned income. Also, consider any deposits made to a joint account as unearned income to the FNS unit. 315.25 PASS THROUGH PAYMENTS When a FNS unit member receives payment for shared expenses such as rent and utilities, and it was received from and used on behalf of a third party, it is not considered income to the FNS unit member as it passes through to the landlord or utility company. Pass through payments do not apply to Social Security Benefits, Supplemental Security Benefits, or Child Support. EXCEPTION: The exception to this rule is a residence that is owned or being purchased by the FNS unit. In this situation, count payments as earned income, roomer income to the landlord’s FNS unit. EXAMPLE: When separate households share rent and one receives a rent payment from the other and pays the landlord, the household that pays the landlord would not have the rent payment received counted as income. Therefore, a rent payment which a household receives from and uses on behalf of a third-party, i.e., a rent payment that passes through, should be excluded. 315.26 REIMBURSEMENTS A reimbursement is considered to be payment that does not represent a gain or benefit to the FNS unit. Do not count money received as a reimbursement for out-of- pocket expenses other than for normal living expenses such as rent, mortgage, personal clothing, or food eaten at home. Reimbursements include, but are not limited to: A. Reimbursements or flat allowances for job-related or training-related expenses such as travel, per diem, uniforms, and transportation to and from the job training site. B. Reimbursements for travel expenses incurred by migrant and seasonal farm workers.