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Subject: SNAP Income

Policy 24.14 Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 01/04/2022 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 6 of 11 Continue to apply this exclusion during temporary interruptions in school attendance (i.e., semester or vacation breaks), provided the child will return to school following the break. Note: If the child’s earnings or the amount of work performed cannot be differentiated from that of other household members, prorate the total earnings among the working members. Do not count the child’s pro-rata share. 18.The allowable cost of producing self-employment income. (Staff shall refer to SNAP Income and budgeting Procedures) 19.Any income received too infrequently or irregularly to be reasonably anticipated. The amount must not exceed $30 in a three-month period. 20.Loans, including loans from private individuals, as well as commercial institutions. This does not include educational loans on which repayment is deferred. To be considered excludable income from a loan: a. There must be a document signed by both parties with an agreement to repay b. The obligation to repay the amount is unconditional c. The lending party can be an individual or an institution d. The document does not need to be notarized; and e. The worker does not need to verify if actually being paid. 21.Income of Non-Household Members a. The income of non-household members who have not been disqualified; this includes ineligible students, live-in attendants, and roomers and boarders who are not considered household members. i. If a non-household member receives SSA, SSI, or VA benefits on behalf of an eligible HH member, consider the income as available to the eligible HH member(s). ii. If a non-household member receives child support payments for the support of children who are eligible HH members, count the support payment as available to the children, if the children are identified in the court order. If the court order does not stipulate for which children the child support is being paid, consider the income as belonging to the payee, and not the children. b. Do not count monies received and used for the care and maintenance of a third party who is a non-household member. If the intended beneficiaries of a single payment are both HH and non-household, do not count any identifiable portion of the payment intended and used for the care and maintenance of the non-household member. If the non-household member’s portion cannot be readily identifiable, prorate the payment evenly among intended beneficiaries. 22.Non-Recurring Lump Sum Payments, this includes but is not limited to; income tax refunds, rebates, or credits; retroactive lump sum Social Security, SSI, Cash Assistance, railroad retirement pensions, or other payments; retroactive lump sum insurance settlements, or refunds of security deposits on rental property or utilities. Count these payments as