(a) For determining eligibility, “income” refers to total cash and in-kind receipts before taxes from all sources including:
- (1) Money, wages, and salaries before any deduction;
- (2) Receipts from self-employment or from a farm or business after deductions for business or farm expenses;
- (3) Social Security, Unemployment or Workers Compensation, alimony, and military family allotments, or other legally required financial support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household.
- (4) Government employee pensions, private pensions, regular insurance or annuity payments, and 401(k) or other retirement savings plans;
- (5) Income from dividends, interest, net rents, royalties, or income from estates and trusts.
(b) For eligibility purposes, income does not refer to the following money receipts:
- (1) Any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank, sale of property, house or car, tax refunds, gifts, one-time insurance payments or compensation from injury.
- (2) Non-cash income, such as the bonus value of food and fuel produced and consumed on farms and the imputed value of rent from owner-occupied farm or non-farm housing.
- (3) Regular payments for public assistance including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- (4) Social Security Disability or any type of disability payment.
- (5) Food or rent received in lieu of wages.
[64 FR 14126, Mar. 24, 1999. Redesignated at 72 FR 48585, Aug. 24, 2007; 83 FR 64651, Dec. 17, 2018; 89 FR 70543, Aug. 30, 2024]