1. (a) Unearned income is generally money paid to or on behalf of an individual that does not represent any type of payment for work or services rendered by an individual.
2. (b) Except for that specifically disregarded in 20 CAR § 502-506, unearned income received by a transitional employment assistance (TEA) family member is considered in determining the family’s eligibility and payment amount.

3. (c) The following are possible sources of countable unearned income:

   1. (1) Pensions, annuities, insurance benefits, Social Security, railroad retirement, veterans’ benefits, military allotments, teachers’ retirement, state retirement, and workers’ compensation;

   2. (2)

      1. (A) Payments received for the rental of:

4. (i) Rooms;

   1. (ii) Dwelling units;

      1. (iii) Buildings; or

         1. (iv) Land.
      2. (B) Taxes, any interest paid on the property’s loan principal, and the expense of upkeep may be deducted;
   2. (3) Interest, dividends, and income from capital investments;
   3. (4) Payments from estates, trust funds, or other personal property that cannot be converted into cash because of legal provisions;

   4. (5)

      1. (A) Child support payments.

      2. (B) Note.

         1. (i) Child support payments are counted only for purposes of income eligibility.
         2. (ii) They are not counted for purposes of determining the payment amount; and

   5. (6)

      1. (A) That portion of the income of an alien’s sponsor that must be deemed available to the alien.
      2. (B) See 20 CAR § 502-505.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “06/04/2004”