ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS INCOME
ISSUE DATE: 03/2026
MFIP:
For which assistance payments to count see 0017.12.03 (Unearned Income). Also see 0011.21 (Receipt of Other Assistance).
SNAP:
EXCLUDE:
● | Cash assistance vendor paid to domestic violence shelters. |
● | Cash assistance payments that are intended to cover or correct a previous month’s assistance payment. This includes EGA. |
● | EGA vendor payments. |
● | Nutritional Assistance Program benefits. |
● | Any Initial Refugee Resettlement Funds, whether received as cash or as vendored third party payments. See 0030.01 (Local Resettlement Agencies). |
COUNT
● | Cash assistance that can be anticipated for the issuance month, unless exempt above. |
- | If a unit's RCA, MSA, GA, or SSI is reduced due to a SANCTION because a unit member did not comply with mandatory program requirements, compute SNAP benefits using the cash grant the unit WOULD HAVE received had they complied. The sanction must be one that the sanctioned person can cure. This applies for the duration of the reduction in the cash program. |
- | If the unit's RCA, MSA, GA, or SSI is decreased or terminated because the unit did not comply with mandatory program VERIFICATION requirements, budget the amount of cash assistance the unit ACTUALLY received, which may be $0. |
● | The amount of an assistance payment being recouped from GA, or MSA due to adjudicated fraud. |
● | EGA cash payments issued in the current month for the current month’s basic needs unless paid for a disaster such as a fire or flood. |
● | The GA amount paid to the client or vendor paid to a housing support program provider. This includes personal needs payments. |
MSA, GA:
For which assistance payments to count see 0017.12.03 (Unearned Income).
HSP:
Follow MSA for aged, blind, or disabled clients. Follow GA for all other adults with the following exceptions:
● | Count the HSP gross income of a person who is included in an active MFIP case. The MFIP cash portion of the Transitional Standard for 1 person is the HSP gross income for a person who is included in an active MFIP grant. See 0020.09 (MFIP Assistance Standards). |
PREVIOUS REVISIONS
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 04/2021 | in SNAP deletes to exclude amount of assistance payments being recouped from SSI, GA, or MSA if overpayment is not related to adjudicated fraud. Deletes to count amount of an assistance payment being recouped from SSI due to adjudicated fraud. |
| 12/2018 | updates "Battered Women's Shelter(s)" to "Domestic Violence Shelter(s). |
| 03/2017 | in SNAP under the sub-heading EXCLUDE deletes and adds clarifying language about Initial Refugee Resettlement Funds. |
| 12/2016 | in SNAP update the terms "VOLAG" to "Local Resettlement Agency" and "Refugee Resettlement Grants" to "Initial Refugee Resettlement Funds". |
| 10/2016 | Updates section due to Legislative changes for Program Uniformity/Income. |
| 09/2016 | in GA deletes to exclude MFIP, MSA, or GA payments received by women living in facilities for battered women because it is not accurate. |
| 12/2014 | Removed WB. This program was suspended 12/1/14. |
| 07/2013 | in MFIP in the 1st paragraph adds WB received to the list of benefits to count if received in the same month as MFIP or DWP. |
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