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I TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP • Contractual employment — non-seasonal: Applies when the contract is for a fixed duration and does not repeat. Earnings should be prorated over the entire contract period. Example: Joe is hired to clear a large piece of property of all weeds and trash. The property owner will pay Joe a set price of $1300 to clear the property within a three-month time frame. The contract is to clear the property for a set price in a specific time period regardless of the number of hours that will be required to do the work. 727.1 Monthly Budgeting of Contractual Earnings (toc) To determine the monthly contractual earnings, divide the total gross amount of earnings provided in the contract by the number of months the contract covers. 728 DISABILITY BENEFITS (toc) 728.1 Disability Insurance Benefits (toc) Count as unearned income. Exception: if the Count as unearned income. benefits are employer funded and the employment benefits while recuperating and remains employed, count as earned income. 728.2 Agent Orange Settlement Payments (toc) Exempt from income and resources any Agent Orange Settlement Payments disbursed by AETNA Insurance Company and paid to • disabled veterans exposed to Agent Orange while in Vietnam who suffer from total disabilities caused by any disease, and • survivors of deceased disabled veterans. Disabled veterans receive yearly payments. Survivors of deceased disabled veterans receive a lump-sum settlement payment. Note: Count VA disability payments as unearned income if they are paid to veterans with service- connected disabilities resulting from exposure to Agent Orange. 728.3 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Payments (toc) Exempt payments from the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Public Law 101-426. 728.4 Disability Payment for Children of Women Vietnam Veterans (toc) Exempt any VA payment allowance for an individual with a disability from one or more covered birth defects who is a child of a woman Vietnam veteran. For the purpose of this section: INCOME Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 26 Jun 26 MTL 09/26 CONTRACTUAL EARNINGS A-727