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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP • The lump sum is received by someone who is not a member of the assistance unit but whose income is applied to the assistance unit. • Count lump sums received in any pending month as income unless otherwise exempt. When a lump sum is counted as income in the month of receipt, count any amount remaining after that month as a resource. 745 MIGRANT OR SEASONAL FARM WORKER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (toc) Exempt emergency assistance made to a migrant or seasonal farm worker household while in the job stream. This assistance may include, but is not limited to, emergency vendor payments for housing or transportation. It does not include vendor payments for gas or auto repairs to get the migrant back home or to another area of employment, nor does it include transportation to get the seasonal worker to the farm. These are not part of normal emergency grants Verify income with the source of the emergency assistance. NOTE: Vendor payments from HUD for rent or mortgage, or state or local housing authorities, or any other source exempted by another policy are exempt. 746 MILITARY PAY AND ALLOWANCES (toc) Military pay includes Basic Pay (BP), Proficiency Pay (PRO), Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ), or Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) and as of May 2001, Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA). Count military pay and allowances for housing, food, base pay and flight pay as earned income. FSSA will be counted as unearned income in all programs. FSSA income is shown on the member’s “Leave and Earning Statement,” which is the standard wage information form used by the military. In those cases where a military member resides in privatized base housing and the BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) displays on the Leave and Earnings Statement (LES), the BAH must be budgeted as earned income and the amount listed as an allotment to the private housing company must be listed as rent on the Shelter BAP. These households would not be entitled to a utility deduction unless proof of out-of­ pocket utility costs is provided (i.e. telephone). SNAP Exception: • Do not count as income any military pay withheld to fund education under the G.I. Bill. • Additional payment received under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, by a member of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall be excluded from household income for the duration of the member’s deployment if the additional pay is. INCOME Lump Sum Payments Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 26 Jun 26 MTL 09/26 A-744