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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES INCOME

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the actual payment is $175.00. The agency withheld $50.00 to repay a prior overpayment. The overpayment was not the result of the household's failure to comply with the TANF program requirements. The net amount received by the TANF recipient is the amount that will count as income for SNAP purposes.

However, money withheld from an assistance program that results from the household's failure to comply with the requirements of the other program will count as income as specified in Part XII.D.

2. Payments Received by the Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE)

Payments received and kept by the DCSE on behalf of TANF recipients will not count as income. Payments redirected to households by the DCSE or supplemented through the TANF Program will count as income. Payments received by TANF recipients that the recipient must direct to DCSE as a condition of TANF eligibility will not count as income even if the household keeps the payments.

3. In-Kind Benefits and Vendor Payments

In-kind benefits and vendor payments are any gains or benefits that are not in the form of money payable directly to the household.

a. In-Kind Benefits

In-kind benefits are benefits for which no monetary payment occurs on behalf of the household. These benefits include meals, clothing, housing or produce from a garden.

b. Vendor Payments

A vendor payment is a money payment made on behalf of a household by a person or organization outside of the household to a service provider or creditor of the household. Vendor payments made to a third party on behalf of the household are included or excluded as income as described below:

1. PA vendor payments, excluding GR vendor payments

Vendor payments from PA programs, other than GR, are excluded as income if they are made for:

a. Medical assistance;

b. Childcare assistance;

c. Energy assistance;

d. Emergency assistance;

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