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351 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility For HSD medical programs, resources are not considered in eligibility determination. Oregon Administrative Rule(s) 461-145-0343 — Manufactured and Mobile Homes 461-145-0420 — Real Property 461-145-0220 — Home 461-145-0250 — Income-Producing Property; Not OSIP, OSIPM, or QMB 410-200-0015 (54) and (55) — General Definitions 414-175-0035 — Specific Financial Requirements Military income This policy is regarding pay and allowances of a member of a uniformed service. In ONE, military income is coded on the Specific Income screen: • Specific Income Category – Veteran’s Benefits/Military Income • Specific Income Type Military Income This income is treated as follows: For all programs, military pay and allowances of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in the financial group is counted as earned income. Except for SNAP, the amount reduced from basic pay for the GI Bill is excluded per P. L. 99-576, Veterans Education Act of 1984. For all programs except SNAP, the military pay and allowances of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, who is not in the filing group but available to the financial group, is counted as unearned income. For SNAP: If the member of the U.S. Armed Forces is not included in the filing group, income available to the financial group from this source is counted as unearned income. The additional pay made, due to deployment to a designated combat zone per the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (P.L. 108-447), is excluded. The additional pay must be the result of the deployment to a designated combat zone and not received immediately prior to serving in the combat zone. The absent military member of a household is not included in the SNAP filing group. Only the money they send home, or make available to the group at home, is counted as unearned income. This income is generally made available to the SNAP filing group in one of several ways: • Via a direct deposit of all or a portion of the military person’s pay into a joint bank account • Via an allotment arrangement made by the military person for a portion of their pay to be sent to the filing group, or • Via a direct payment (such as a check) from the military person to the filing group.

All three of these methods are called military service allotments. Regardless of the arrangement made by the absent military member, only the portion of their pay, to which the filing group has access, is counted as unearned income to the group.