4-001.02 Unearned Income

Unearned income is any cash benefit that is not the direct result of labor or services performed by the individual as an employee or a self-employed person. Unearned income includes, but is not limited to -

1. Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI);
2. Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
3. Railroad Retirement;
4. Public Assistance;
5. Veteran's or military service benefits;
6. Unemployment compensation or disability insurance benefits;
7. Disability benefits paid by the employer (this does not include sick leave);
8. Worker's compensation;
9. Child, spousal, and cash medical support;
10. Voluntary contributions;
11. Gifts;
12. lease income;
13. Annuities;
14. Pensions, or returns from investments or securities in which the individual is not actively engaged;
15. Civil service benefits;
16. Training stipends;
17. Income from a life estate in real property (determine the total cost of operation and deduct from gross income);
18. Income from securities and investments;
19. Any portion of a grant, scholarship, or graduate assistantship not used for items such as tuition, books, fees, equipment, special clothing needs, transportation to and from school, child care services necessary for school attendance, etc. Transportation costs ar allowed at 24 cents per mile if the client uses private transportation; and
20. Income in excess of $10 per month per individual from estates and trusts, dividends, interest, and royalties.