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

26 Section 315 Change #01-2022 January 11, 2022 • Migrant income, • Seasonal employment, • Census income, • Commissions, • Strike duty, • Longevity Pay, count if reasonably expected to reoccur during the certification period, • Guardianship payments, which is income received as a guardian to take care of dependent, • Students’ wages, which may or may not be countable based on program, • Certain types of employees’ benefits: o Held wages (only if at the request of employee, count when received), o Attendant care payments (payments must be from outside the home) and pay advances. • Contract employee's income is divided by the number of months covered by the contract. The monthly amount in counted throughout the contract period regardless of how the employee chooses to receive the income. 315.36 WORK FIRST FAMILY ASSISTANCE (WFFA), TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) A. If assistance payments are made under any of these programs for retroactive months, do not count that portion as income for the current month. B. If a payment is received that includes retroactive payments and the current month amount, count only the current month’s portion as unearned income. C. If the WFFA assistance is reduced, terminated or not issued because of a penalty or sanction for failure to comply with WFFA, refer to Section 315.35, Work First Family Assistance (WFFA) Non-Compliance. D. If a WFFA or TANF payment is reduced due to an overpayment, other than a client responsible overpayment, subtract the recoupment amount from the gross, and count the net payment amount as unearned income. NOTE: This does not include Benefit Diversion (BD), since BD is not countable income.