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I TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP • the current support or arrears obligation has been met, and • the money is specifically earmarked as a gift. Count as unearned income money legally obligated to the household, but which the payer makes or diverts to a third party for a household expense. This includes legally obligated court–ordered child support payments that are diverted to a third party for expenses, such as shelter or child care. Do not count as income court ordered child support paid by a household member for another household member. For example, when the father of the children returns to the home, court-ordered child support has been deducted from his wages and paid to the custodial mother. These funds are not budgeted as income. The amount deducted from the wages of a current household member and returned to the household is not allowed as a child support deduction for SNAP. 725.1 How to Verify and Budget Child Support Payments (toc) Child Support Collected by the Support Enforcement Program (SEP) in Nevada: Use NVKIDS through SAM DSS Portal as verification of child support obligations and payments. Child Support Collected by Another State and/or Paid Directly: Verify the court ordered amount and arrears (if any). Verify the payment amounts and the dates the payments were issued to the custodial parent (CST). It is best to ask for a payment history when verifying child support to help in the determination process of whether the income must be factored or a 60-day average needs to be used due to the irregular payments. Direct voluntary child support may be verified using form 2506-EG or a statement from the NCP. Check stubs may be used; however, contacting the NCP to verify how many payments were made in the month should be attempted by the FSS. Use the customer’s statement only when all other avenues of verifying child support are not feasible. 725.2 Requirement to Surrender Child Support (toc) After approval, TANF NEON and TANF CHILD When the SNAP case has an attached pending TANF households must surrender all court ordered or case, budget any voluntary or court ordered child voluntary child support payments (including support received or anticipated to be received prior cash medical support) to the Child Support to the approval of TANF as unearned income. Enforcement Program (CSEP) Office. Discontinue budgeting child support payments which must be surrendered at TANF approval. TANF Loan, Self-Sufficiency Grant and TANF Temporary households are not required to surrender child support payments. Support payments for these cases are budgeted as unearned income. A-725 INCOME Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 26 Jun 26 MTL 09/26 Child Support