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232 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility • Income controlled by the individual’s abuser if the participant is a survivor of domestic violence, the individual’s abuser controls the income and will not make the money available to the filing group, and the abuser is not in the individual’s filing group. Click here for the Temporary Assistance for Domestic Violence (TA-DVS) Program. Income received by the financial group but intended and used for the care of someone not in the financial group is available as follows: • If the income is intended both for someone in the financial group and someone not in the financial group, the portion of the income intended for the care of the individual not in the financial group is considered unavailable. • If the portion intended for the care of the individual not in the financial group cannot readily be identified, the income is prorated evenly among the individuals for whom the income is intended. The prorated share intended for the care of the individual not in the financial group is then considered available. For an SSA rep payee who receives money for someone outside the financial group, the income is not considered available to the rep payee. SNAP The portion of a payment from the TANF program counted as disqualifying income is considered available income. Benefits from the General Assistance program are issued in ONE via the Other Payments screen. The income is unearned income, including ongoing monthly payments, housing allowances, utility allowances, accommodation allowances, and the personal incidentals payment. These payments are countable income for the GA recipient even if paid to a third party. Payments issued via ONE are not entered manually on income screens. ONE will count these incomes in the SNAP budget automatically. Lump-sum income is treated as a resource unless rule requires a different treatment. The following income is not considered available: • Monies withheld from or returned to the source of income to repay an overpayment from that same source with one exception: TANF grants reduced to recoup a participant-caused overpayment. TANF Income from assistance programs (e.g., public assistance, unemployment compensation or Social Security) withheld to repay an overpayment is considered available. The following income is not considered available: • Monies withheld from or returned to the source of income to repay an overpayment from that same source is unavailable with one exception: the portion of a payment from an assistance program (e.g., public assistance, unemployment compensation or Social Security) withheld to repay an overpayment is available. ERDC Income from assistance programs (e.g., public assistance, unemployment compensation or Social Security) withheld to repay an overpayment is considered available. Lump-sum income is considered a resource and is excluded. The following income is not considered available: