Anything received in cash or in kind that can be used to meet needs for food, clothing or shelter . See Chapter 2 of the Benefits Management For Working People With Disabilities manual for an exhaustive list. All income that is not earned income .
Unearned income is counted when it is actually or constructively received.
Many items, like needs-based assistance wholly funded by state or city, disaster relief assistance, and interest on excluded burial resources are excluded from unearned income. See page 7 of the Benefits Management For Working People With Disabilities manual for an exhaustive list of exclusions. Some of these include payments to Japanese internees by the United States and Agent Orange settlement payments. See Chapter 2 of the Benefits Management For Working People With Disabilities manual for an exhaustive list of exclusions.