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400 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility Treat work-related equipment as follows: (a) For EA, ERDC, OSIPM and SNAP, exclude the equity value of work-related equipment as a resource. (b) For REF, REFM and TANF, the equity value of the equipment is treated as a resource. Treat inventory as follows: (a) For EA, ERDC, OSIPM and SNAP, exclude the value of inventory as a resource as long as the participant is engaged in self-employment activities. (b) For REF, REFM and TANF, the wholesale value of inventory remaining at the end of a quarter, less encumbrances, is counted as a resource. 3. For SNAP, count the full amount received from the sale of work-related equipment or inventory as part of the household’s self-employment income. For HSD medical programs, resources are not considered in eligibility determination. Oregon Administrative Rule(s) 461-145-0600 — Work-Related Capital Assets, Equipment, and Inventory 410-200-0015 (54) and (55) — General Definitions 414-175-0035 — Specific Financial Requirements Self-employment and microenterprise income In ONE, code self-employment income on the self-employment income screens Note: Self-employment may include income from a business, including a microenterprise, hobby, weekly or monthly garage sales, commercial boarding, or other income-producing property. For ERDC child care providers, the gross self-employment income includes payments from DPU, individuals, Head Start contracts and USDA meal reimbursements. Surrogacy is considered self-employment, but how much is countable can vary. It depends on how the surrogacy contract is written, as most surrogacy agencies have the contract payments worded so they are reimbursements as opposed to payments for carrying the unborn. Staff should ask prompting questions to the applicant about if they have any financial documents they can supply as verification, and, whether the income can be claimed on their taxes or not. Self-employment; general The following is cited from Oregon Administrative Rule 461-145-0915 — Self-Employment; General; Not OSIP, OSIPM or QMB. This does not apply to the ERDC program: (A) Self-employment income is income resulting from an individual’s business, trade or profession, rather than from a salary or wage paid by an employer. An individual is considered self-employed if the individual meets the criteria in sections (2) or (3) of OAR 461-145-0910. Except as noted in section (3) of this rule when an individual has established a corporation, determine if the individual is self-employed according to section (2) of this rule. If the individual has more than one self-employment business, trade or profession,