2-016 Income Listing

TYPES OF INCOME

TREATMENT OF INCOME

1.

a.

Earnings of child age 18 or younger and in school

1.

a.

Disregard

b.

Earnings of a child age 18 or younger and not in school

b.

Treat as earned income.

2.

Income of a parent in the home but not in the unit.

2.

Count unearned income in full

For earned income:

a.

Allow earned income disregards (20 percent and child care) for a parent who is sanctioned because of noncooperation with TPL or child support, an illegal alien parent, drug felon, parole violator, fugitive felon, or a parent convicted of participation in more than one state.

b.

For all other situations, count gross earned income without earned income disregards.

3.

Indian Land Lease

3.

Disregard

4.

Income from land contracts

4.

Consider as unearned income

5.

HUD rental and/or utility subsidies under Section 8 of the Housing Act (lump sum or monthly payments)

5.

Disregard

6.

Declared cash winnings; interest, dividends (may be prorated on monthly basis); a gift that marks a special occasion; small and insignificant children's cash allowances

6.

Disregard $10 a month per individual for each income type. If more than $10 a month per individual, count the amount that exceeds $10 as unearned income.

7.

Income from securities and investments

7.

See number 6.

8.

Interest on Series H savings bonds and other bonds which pay dividends or interest

8.

See number 6.

9.

Sale of home produce, livestock, poultry

9.

Consider as earned income

10.

Home produce from garden, livestock and poultry used by the household for their own consumption

10.

Disregard

11.

Income from boarders, rented rooms, and apartments

11.

Consider as earned income (see 468 NAC 2-009.02).

Treat like a small business (see 468 NAC 2-009.02A1a).

Exception: Income received from foster care payments is disregarded.

12.

Rental income from real property

12.

Consider as earned income (see 468 NAC 2-009.02). Treat like a small business (see 468 NAC 2-009.02A1a ff.).

13.

Payments from Title I Workforce Investment Act (WIA) for classroom training

13.

Disregard

14.

a. Earnings received from the employer or compensation in lieu of wages under a Title I WIA program

b. OJT payments made to adults by an employer

14.

a. Disregard for a student regardless of age.

b. Consider as earned income.

15.

Title I WIA program allowance paid to the client or vendor payment payments made to the provider for supportive services, such as transportation, meals, special tools, and clothing. This includes temporary Welfare to Work payments and work experience payments made through Workforce Development.

15.

Disregard for all ages

16.

Income from life estate in real property

16.

Consider as unearned income; determine the total cost of operation and deduct from gross income.

17.

Interest on Series E savings bonds and other bonds which accrue interest

17.

Treat as a lump sum (see 468 NAC 2-009.05).

18.

Picket pay or strike pay

18.

Consider as earned income

19.

Any payment received under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970

19.

Disregard

20.

Any student financial assistance

20.

Disregard

21.

Graduate assistantship

21.

Consider as earned income

22.

A bona fide loan from any source

22.

Disregard

23.

Payments to a client participating in training or school attendance subsidized by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

23.

Disregard

24.

Food Stamps

24.

Disregard

25.

The value of federally donated foods

25.

Disregard

26.

Indian judgment funds distributed as per capita payments to members of Indian tribes or held in Secretary of the Interior, interest and investment income accrued on Indian judgment funds while held in trust, and purchanses made with the funds

26.

Disregard

27.

Payments from the Nutrition Program for the elderly

27.

Disregard

28.

Payments for services or reimbursement of expenses to volunteers serving as foster grandparents, senior health aides, or senior companions, Service trust by the Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and any other programs under Titles II and III, (P.L. 93-113)

28.

Disregard

29.

Federal and state income tax refunds

29.

Disregard

30.

Payments to AmeriCorps volunteers

This includes VISTA, USA and CTA payments.

30.

Disregard

31.

Retroactive RSDI benefits

31.

See 468 NAC 2-009.05

32.

Christmas bonus/work related bonus

32.

Consider as an earned income lump sum (see 468 NAC 2-009.05)

33.

Energy payments

33.

Disregard

34.

The value of assistance from a Child Nutrition Act or National School Lunch Program

34.

Disregard

35.

EIC's

35.

Disregard

36.

AEIC's

36.

Disregard

37.

Income from the Green Thumb Program, Senior Community Service employment and any other income received under Title V of the Older Americans Act

37.

Disregard

38.

Income from the sale of blood or plasma

38.

Consider as earned income from self-employment (see 468 NAC 2-009.02A1a ff).

39.

Agent Orange settlement payments

39.

Disregard

40.

Payments made under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

40.

Disregard

41.

Living allowance issued to Jobs Corps recipients or the readjustment allowance that is issued when Job Corps participants leave the program

41.

Consider as earned income from self-employment

42.

In-kind income received by Job Corps participants for food, shelter, etc.

42.

Disregard

43.

Benefits under Public Law 104-204 for children of Vietnam veterans who were born with spina bifida

43.

Disregard

44.

Payments made from any fund established as a result of the case of Susan Walker v. Bayer Corporation, et al. to hemophilia patients who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus

44.

Disregard

45.

Payments to individuals due to their status as victims of Nazi persecution

45.

Disregard

46.

Assistance received under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 or under a federal statute because of catastrophe declared to be a major disaster by the President of the U.S. (excluded for nine months from the date of receipt). The same guideline applies to any interest earned on the assistance. The initial nin-month period will be extended for a reasonable period up to an additional nine months when circumstances beyond the individual's control prevent the individual from having the necessary repairs or replacement of damaged property completed

46.

Disregard