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Aged, Blind and Disabled Manual Section: Financial Eligibility Requirements Policy Manual Number: 110.030 Chapter: ABD Unearned Income

March 18, 2019 Division of TennCare 14 TANF Allotment is cash assistance provided to families with dependent children when at least one parent is incapacitated, unemployed, deceased or absent from the home, and the family is unable to pay for essential living expenses.

Temporary Disability Insurance Countable.

Temporary Disability Insurance is countable as unearned income to the extent it is not a reimbursement for specific costs and is paid directly to the household.

Tips Countable.

Tips totaling less than $20 in a calendar month from any one employer are countable as unearned income.

See the ABD Earned Income policy for tips totaling more than $20 in a calendar month.

Trusts Dividends, interests, rents and other income generated by a trust fund, unless otherwise excluded, that can be paid to the beneficiary or to a third party on the beneficiary’s behalf are countable income to the beneficiary for the period the fund is intended to cover, beginning the month the funds become available, regardless of whether the income is actually paid out to the beneficiary. When funds are withdrawn irregularly, the payments are countable in the month received.

Monies withdrawn from the principal of an accessible (countable) trust fund are excluded as income to the beneficiary, because an accessible trust fund is a countable resource. Money cannot be considered income and a resource in the same month.

Monies disbursed from the principal of an inaccessible trust fund are counted as income because an inaccessible trust fund is an excluded resource.

Monies received by the trustee of a trust and used for the care and maintenance of a third party beneficiary (adult or child) are excluded as income for the trustee.

See the ABD Trusts policy.