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300 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility In ONE, payments and benefits from Disaster Relief are coded on the Unearned Income screen: • Unearned Income Category – Disaster Relief • Unearned Income Type – there are several types to choose from, select the one which is applicable to the type being reported:

Š Disaster Relief payments from Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 to farmers for crop losses/failures

Š Disaster Relief payments from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Š Disaster Relief payments from Individual & Family Grant Assistance program

Š Disaster Relief payments from Small Business Administration (SBA)

Š Disaster Relief payments from state or local governments or disaster assistance organizations

Š Disaster Relief payments from voluntary disaster assistance organizations such as Red Cross

Š Disaster Relief payments under Disaster Relief & Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-707)

Š Disaster Relief payments under Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (P.L 93-288)

Š Disaster Relief payments under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968

Š Disaster Unemployment Compensation For all programs except HSD medical: • The following payments, precipitated by an emergency or major disaster, are not counted as income or resources when determining eligibility for or benefit levels:

Š Payments received under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-288, Section 312(d)) as amended by the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-707, Section 105(i)).

Š Disaster assistance comparable to subsection (a) of this section provided by states, local governments, and disaster assistance organizations.

Š Payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Š Individual and Family Grant Assistance program (IFG).

Š Grants or loans by the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Š Voluntary disaster assistance organizations, such as the Red Cross.

Š Private insurance payments for losses due to a major disaster such as flood, wind, land movement. • Government payments designated for the restoration of a home damaged in a disaster are excluded as income or resources in the month of receipt and as a resource in subsequent months, if the household is subject to a legal sanction if the funds are not used as intended. • Each payment made to farmers under the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (Public Law (P.L.) 100-387) for crop losses or failure in a disaster is excluded. • Income received from public and private organizations by individuals working in disaster relief efforts and funded under a National Emergency Grant by Work Investment Act (WIA) Title 1 (P.L. 105-220) is excluded. An individual is eligible under this funding source if they are a dislocated worker, a long-term unemployed individual, or temporarily or permanently laid off as a consequence of the disaster. Eligibility under this