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364 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility (c) Exclude STEP Support Service payments: Benefits from GA, OSIP (except OSIP-IC), REF, SFPSS, TANF and tribal-TANF are automatically updated in ONE, and treated as follows: (a) ERDC: These payments are treated as unearned income. (b) MSP: Exclude these payments. (c) SNAP: (A) These payments are treated as unearned income. (B) An amount received as a late processing payment is treated as lump-sum income. (C) Payments made to correct an underpayment are treated as lump-sum income. (D) Ongoing special needs payments for laundry allowances, special diet or meal allowance, restaurant meals, accommodation allowances and telephone allowances are treated as unearned income. (E) All other special needs payments (e.g., Transportation Services Payment (TSP) and Prescription Co-Pay Coverage (PCC)) are reimbursements and excluded. Notes as follows: • SNAP: For telephone allowances: if a participant was receiving a check each month for a telephone allowance that included payment for a basic telephone and a life line, the amount for basic telephone would be considered unearned income, and the amount for the life line is considered a reimbursement. • SNAP: If a participant is eligible for a special need but rather than receiving a check has their pay-in reduced, the pay-in amount is considered a medical deduction plus any other out-of-pocket expenses that may be allowable medical deductions. For all programs except EA, ERDC and SNAP: (A) Exclude these payments in the month received, and count any portion remaining following the month of receipt as a resource. (B) Exclude payments made to correct an underpayment. For all programs: (A) Exclude JOBS, REF and TANF JOBS Plus support service payments. (B) For the treatment of JOBS Plus income, see OAR 461-145-0130 and 414-175-0035. Exclude Job Participation Incentive (JPI) for all programs. (See OAR 461-135-1260 and 414-175-0035) Note: When a person is receiving TANF JOBS Plus, continue to code the TANF grant and the extra JOBS Plus $10 payment as unearned income. Payments from OSIPM-IC are treated as follows: (a) SNAP These payments are counted as unearned income and assets held in a contingency fund (see OAR 411-030-0020) are counted as a resource. (b) For all other programs except HSD medica programs, these payments and funds held in a contingency fund are excluded.