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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP Local government payments • vendor • in-kind • two-party check exempt exempt • cash exempt exempt if USDA has approved for exemption Source Type of Payment TANF SNAP Private non-profit organization (based on need). • vendor • in-kind • two-party check exempt exempt • cash count count NOTES: • If an excludable energy assistance payment is combined with other payments, exempt only the energy assistance portion from income. • Energy assistance provided under Title IV-A of Social Security Act (welfare block grant) is countable income. • Income from state or local general assistance that (under state law) cannot be provided in cash directly to the household is excluded as income. 735 FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS (toc) Exempt the income and resources of a child Count as unearned income if the foster child or receiving federal, state, or local foster care adult is included in the household. Exempt the payments. foster care payment if the household chooses to consider the foster child or adult as a boarder. The exemption is valid regardless of how the foster parent spends the money. 736 GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED PROGRAMS (toc) Count payments from government-sponsored programs unless exempted by other policy in this chapter. 736.1 Crime Victim's Compensation Payments (toc) Crime victim's compensation payments are payments from the funds authorized by state legislation to assist a person who: • has been a victim of a violent crime; • was the spouse, parent, sibling, or adult child of a victim who died as a result of a violent crime; or • is the guardian of a victim of a violent crime. The payments are distributed by the Victim’s of Crime Division in monthly payments or in a lump sum payment and may be designated to cover clothing, rent, utilities, food, transportation, medical needs or replacement costs, etc. Exempt payments received on a monthly basis or in a lump sum. INCOME Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 26 Jun 26 MTL 09/26 ENERGY ASSISTANCE A-734