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Subject: SNAP Deductions from Income

Policy 24.18 Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 09/17/2018 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 8 of 20 L. Child Support Payment Deduction Court ordered child support payments paid by a SNAP HH member to or for an individual living outside the HH are an allowable deduction. M. Deduction for a Representative Payee 1. A monthly fee collected from SSI payments by an organizational representative payee is legally obligated to the payee and is not counted as income to the recipient for SNAP. The organization must be a community based nonprofit social service agency. 2. Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Title II Social Security Insurance (SSDI) Payments to individuals whose disability is based on drug addiction and/or alcoholism (DAA) are required to be paid through a representative payee. The amount of the fee, which the representative payee withholds from the funds received on behalf of the recipient, is not counted as income to the household for SNAP purposes. N. Types of Expenses Allowed for Excluded Household Members 1. Ineligible Aliens, Individuals Whose Citizenship is Questionable and Individuals Disqualified for Failure to Provide or Apply for Social Security Number (SSN) For clients excluded from the SNAP budget: a. The earned income deduction is applied to that portion of the excluded individual’s earned income which is attributed to the HH. b. That portion of the HH’s allowable child support payment deduction, shelter and dependent care expenses which is either paid by or billed to the excluded members will be divided evenly among the HH members, including the excluded members. c. Count all but the excluded member’s share as a deductible expense for the remaining HH members. No deduction is allowed for the excluded member’s medical expenses. 2. Individuals Disqualified for Intentional Program Violations or Failure to Comply with Work Requirements The entire HH’s allowable earned income deduction, standard deduction, child support payment deduction, medical dependent care and excess shelter deductions, including those of the disqualified person, continue to apply to the remaining HH members. O. Criteria for Determining Who is Eligible for a Medical Deduction 1. General a. In order to be eligible for a medical deduction, a HH member must be either age sixty (60) or older, or disabled. b. Only HH members who meet at least one(1) of the eligibility criteria may receive the medical deduction.