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279 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility Earned income; defined Older Americans Act Unemployment compensation benefits Earned income; treatment Pension and retirement plans Uniform Relocation Assistance Act and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act Earned income tax credit Personal belongings USDA meal reimbursement Educational income Personal injury settlements Veterans’ benefits Energy assistance Plans for self-support program benefits Victims’ assistance Family Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) payments Program benefits Virtual currency or cryptocurrency Floating homes and houseboats Qualified partnership policy Vocational Rehabilitation payments Food programs; other than SNAP Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Workers’ compensation Foster care/guardianship assistance payments Railroad retirement payments Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Gifts and winnings Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program Work-related capital assets, equipment and inventory Groundfish disaster benefits Sale of a resource Individual education account (IEA) Self-employment and microenterprise income Other resources Income *includes screenshots: Describes all categories of income: Earned, Self-Employment, Unearned, Unpaid, and Specific. Includes general guidance on how to enter income verification and how to verify no income. Provides instruction on updating and terminating income, and when to update, delete, or add a record. Explains the 100% Annual Income screen and the pay frequency calculation factor. Includes FAQ on income. Resources *includes screenshots: Reviews the resource categories and their respective screens. Describes how historical data appears on the Resource Questions screen. Lottery Winnings Task *includes screenshots: Describes the Lottery Winning Task, its frequency and the business process to close the task. Overviews the Lottery Winning screen and proper data entry for the screen. Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 allows individuals with disabilities who qualify to open special accounts under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. The purpose of these accounts is to allow qualifying people with disabilities to save money for items that enhance their quality of life without losing needed entitlements and public benefits. The Department does not determine eligibility for ABLE accounts. Individuals can qualify to open an ABLE Act account (or have one opened for them) if: • The individual is blind or has a disability that does or would qualify them to receive SSI or Social Security