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Page | 140 Income received by or for a child that is attending boarding school/Temporary Institution, should be counted towards the household even though the child is not currently receiving SNAP benefits. Income that would count in this situation could include, subsidized adoption/guardianship assistance, SSI/SSA, Child Support, etc. The $50 grant reduction only applies to TANF payments and cannot be deducted from any of the above income.

If the child is in boarding school or institution but NOT on TANF/BIA/TWEP:  A “1” should be entered for the SNAP member code  A removal date entered  A “5” entered for the absence code  A SCHL panel must exist with school type 6 or INST panel coded 25.

8311 EARNINGS OF A CHILD

Income is excluded which is received as compensation for services as an employee or income from self-employment by a child under age 18 if he/she is attending an elementary or secondary school, GED, or home training at least 1/2 time. Home training classes must be recognized, operated, or supervised by the student’s state or local school district or training program. Half- time attendance is defined by the local school district or training program.

The student must be living with a parent or residing with an adult with parental control to be allowed this exclusion.

The exclusion of this income will not be altered by temporary interruptions in school attendance, such as semester or summer vacations, provided the child's enrollment will resume following the break.

Benefits Specialists should not request children’s income if they are under the age of 18.

When the child's earnings or amount of work performed cannot be differentiated from that of other household members, total earnings must be prorated equally among the working members and the child's share excluded.

When the child turns 18, his/her income is countable for the month following the child’s 18th birthday because the child retains the earned income exclusion if at any time, he/she is under age 18. If a child turns 18 in an interim month, no change to the case is made if the income has not been verified. ACCESS will budget the income when a primary source is received.

Reminder: AMND is only used to budget verified, future known changes that were reported at application, renewal, or six month report. Example: A mother and her 15 year old son make $50 a week doing part-time janitorial work at night. Their earnings would be prorated, and the child’s share excluded. Example: Tabitha has 3 children and is receiving subsidized guardianship payments for each of the children. All three children are attending boarding school. The full guardianship payments Tabitha receives are counted in the SNAP budget even though the children are not included in the household count for SNAP while in boarding school.