Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of › Rule 16.03.04 - IDAHO FOOD STAMP PROGRAM › Section 16.03.04.405 - EXCLUDED INCOME

Current through August 31, 2023
Income excluded when computing Food Stamp eligibility is listed
				below: (3-17-22)
01.
Money
			 Withheld
. Money withheld voluntarily or involuntarily, from an
			 assistance payment, earned income, or other income source, to repay an
			 overpayment from that income source, is excluded. If an intentional
			 noncompliance penalty results in a decrease of benefits under a means tested
			 program such as SSI or GA, count that portion of the benefit decrease
			 attributed to the repayment as income. (3-17-22)
02.
Child Support Payments
.
			 Child support payments received by TAFI recipients which must be given to CSS
			 are excluded as income. (3-17-22)
03.
Earnings of Child Under Age
			 Eighteen Attending School
. Earned income of a household member under age
			 eighteen (18) is excluded. The member must be under parental control of another
			 household member and attending elementary or secondary school. For the purposes
			 of this provision, an elementary or secondary student is someone who attends
			 elementary or secondary school or who attends GED or home-school classes that
			 are recognized, operated, or supervised by the school district. This exclusion
			 applies during semester and summer vacations if enrollment will resume after
			 the break. If the earnings of the child and other household members cannot be
			 differentiated, prorate equally among the working members and exclude the
			 child's share. (3-17-22)
04.
Retirement Benefits Paid to Former Spouse or Third Party
. Social
			 Security retirement benefits based on the household member's former employment,
			 but paid directly to an ex-spouse, are excluded as the household member's
			 income. Military retirement pay diverted by court order to a household member's
			 former spouse is excluded as the household member's income. Any retirement paid
			 directly to a third party from a household member's income by a court order is
			 excluded as the household member's income. (3-17-22)
05.
Infrequent or Irregular
			 Income
. Income received occasionally is excluded as income if it does
			 not exceed thirty dollars ($30) total in a three (3) month period.
			 (3-17-22)
06.
Cash
			 Donations
. Cash donations based on need and received from one (1) or
			 more private nonprofit charitable organizations are excluded as income. The
			 donations must not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) in a calendar quarter of
			 a federal fiscal year (FFY). (3-17-22)
07.
Income in Kind
. Any gain or
			 benefit, such as meals, garden produce, clothing, or shelter, not paid in
			 money, is excluded as income. (3-17-22)
08.
Vendor Payments
. A vendor
			 payment is a money payment made on behalf of a household by a person or
			 organization outside of the household directly to either the household's
			 creditors or to a person or organization providing a service to the household.
			 (3-17-22)
09.
Third Party
			 Payments
. If a person or organization makes a payment to a third party
			 on behalf of a household using funds that are not owed to the household, the
			 payment will be excluded from income. (3-17-22)
10.
Loans
. Loans are money
			 received which is to be repaid. Loans are excluded as income.
			 (3-17-22)
11.
Money for Third
			 Party Care
. Money received and used for the care and maintenance of a
			 third party who is not in the household. If a single payment is for both
			 household members and nonhousehold members the identifiable portion of the
			 payment for nonhousehold members is excluded. If a single payment is for both
			 household members and nonhousehold members, exclude the lesser of: (3-17-22)
a. The prorated share of the nonhousehold
			 members if the portion cannot be identified. (3-17-22)
b. The amount actually used for the care and
			 maintenance of the nonhousehold members. (3-17-22)