Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.04.405 - EXCLUDED INCOME

Income excluded when computing Food Stamp eligibility is listed below: (3-17-22)

01. Money Withheld. Money withheld voluntarily or involuntarily, from an assistance payment, earned income, or other income source, to repay an overpayment from that income source, is excluded. If an intentional noncompliance penalty results in a decrease of benefits under a means tested program such as SSI or GA, count that portion of the benefit decrease attributed to the repayment as income. (3-17-22)

02. Child Support Payments. Child support payments received by TAFI recipients which must be given to CSS are excluded as income. (3-17-22)

03. Earnings of Child Under Age Eighteen Attending School. Earned income of a household member under age eighteen (18) is excluded. The member must be under parental control of another household member and attending elementary or secondary school. For the purposes of this provision, an elementary or secondary student is someone who attends elementary or secondary school or who attends GED or home-school classes that are recognized, operated, or supervised by the school district. This exclusion applies during semester and summer vacations if enrollment will resume after the break. If the earnings of the child and other household members cannot be differentiated, prorate equally among the working members and exclude the child's share. (3-17-22)

04. Retirement Benefits Paid to Former Spouse or Third Party. Social Security retirement benefits based on the household member's former employment, but paid directly to an ex-spouse, are excluded as the household member's income. Military retirement pay diverted by court order to a household member's former spouse is excluded as the household member's income. Any retirement paid directly to a third party from a household member's income by a court order is excluded as the household member's income. (3-17-22)

05. Infrequent or Irregular Income. Income received occasionally is excluded as income if it does not exceed thirty dollars ($30) total in a three (3) month period. (3-17-22)

06. Cash Donations. Cash donations based on need and received from one (1) or more private nonprofit charitable organizations are excluded as income. The donations must not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) in a calendar quarter of a federal fiscal year (FFY). (3-17-22)

07. Income in Kind. Any gain or benefit, such as meals, garden produce, clothing, or shelter, not paid in money, is excluded as income. (3-17-22)

08. Vendor Payments. A vendor payment is a money payment made on behalf of a household by a person or organization outside of the household directly to either the household's creditors or to a person or organization providing a service to the household. (3-17-22)

09. Third Party Payments. If a person or organization makes a payment to a third party on behalf of a household using funds that are not owed to the household, the payment will be excluded from income. (3-17-22)

10. Loans. Loans are money received which is to be repaid. Loans are excluded as income. (3-17-22)

11. Money for Third Party Care. Money received and used for the care and maintenance of a third party who is not in the household. If a single payment is for both household members and nonhousehold members the identifiable portion of the payment for nonhousehold members is excluded. If a single payment is for both household members and nonhousehold members, exclude the lesser of: (3-17-22)

a. The prorated share of the nonhousehold members if the portion cannot be identified. (3-17-22)

b. The amount actually used for the care and maintenance of the nonhousehold members. (3-17-22)

12. Reimbursements. Reimbursements for past or future expenses not exceeding actual costs. Payments must not represent a gain or benefit. Payments must be used for the purpose intended and for other than normal living expenses. Excluded reimbursements are not limited to: (3-17-22)

a. Travel, per diem, and uniforms for job or training. (3-17-22)

b. Out-of-pocket expenses of volunteer workers. (3-17-22)

c. Medical and dependent care expenses. (3-17-22)

d. Pay for services provided by Title XX of the Social Security Act. (3-17-22)

e. Repayment of loans made by the household from their personal property limit. The repayment must not exceed the amount of the loan. (3-17-22)

f. Work-related and dependent care expenses paid by the JSAP program. (3-17-22)

g. Transitional child care payments. (3-17-22)

h. Child care payments under the Child Care and Dependent Block Grant Act of 1990. (3-17-22)

13. Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Federal EITC payments are excluded as income. (3-17-22)

14. Work Study. Work Study income received while attending post-secondary school is excluded as income. (3-17-22)

15. HUD Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Escrow Account. The federal exclusion for these funds are only excluded while the funds are in the escrow account or being used for a HUD approved purpose. See Section 363 of these rules for further clarification. (3-17-22)

16. Temporary Census Earnings. Wages earned for temporary employment related to U. S. Census activities are excluded as income during the regularly scheduled ten (10) year U. S. Census. (3-17-22)

17. Income Excluded by Federal Law. If income is excluded by federal law, it is excluded for Food Stamps. (3-17-22)

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Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.04.405