Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 676 - INCOME › Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME › Section 17-676-38 - Other unearned income that are countable for the food stamp program

Current through June, 2024
Other unearned income considered countable for the food
					 stamp household shall include:
(1) The
				  unearned income of an individual disqualified from the household for failing to
				  comply with the requirement to provide an SSN or for being an ineligible alien,
				  less the prorata share for the individual;
(2) The unearned income of an individual
				  disqualified from the household for intentional program violation or for
				  failure to comply with the program's work requirements;
(3) Gross income minus cost of doing business
				  derived from rental property if a household member is not actively engaged in
				  management of the property at least twenty hours a week;
(4) Moneys that are legally obligated and
				  otherwise payable to the household, but which are diverted by the provider of
				  the payment to a third party for household expenses. The distinction between
				  whether the moneys are income or vendor payments is whether the person or
				  organization making the payment on behalf of a household is using funds that
				  otherwise are payable to the household. Funds payable to the household shall
				  include wages earned by a household member and owed to the household, a
				  financial assistance grant to which a household is legally entitled, support or
				  alimony payments in amounts which legally must be paid to a household member,
				  and educational assistance. If an employer, agency, former spouse, or
				  educational or financial institution who owes the funds to a household diverts
				  the funds instead to a third party to pay for a household expense, the payments
				  shall be counted as income to the household, unless specifically excluded in
				  subchapter
				  11. Funds that are considered income
				  and not vendor payments shall be handled as earned or unearned income depending
				  on the nature of the income;
(5)
				  Moneys withdrawn or dividends which are or could be received by a household
				  from trust funds considered to be excludable assets under section 17-675-30.
				  These moneys shall be considered income in the month received, unless otherwise
				  exempt under subchapter
				  11. Dividends which the household has
				  the option of either receiving as income or reinvesting in the trust shall be
				  considered as income in the month they become available to the household unless
				  otherwise exempt;
(6) Moneys
				  received on a recurring basis whether it is obligated to the individual, such
				  as a legal settlement, or unanticipated, such as a monetary
				  contribution;
(7) That amount of
				  the monthly income of an alien's sponsor and the sponsor's spouse that has been
				  deemed to be that of the alien as unearned income in accordance with chapter
				  17-663;
(8) Payments received under
				  the Repatriated American Programs, unless the person receiving the payment is
				  required to sign an express agreement to repay the funds received;
(9) Foster care payments of the foster person
				  when the foster care home provider has opted to include the foster person as a
				  member of its food stamp household in accordance with section 17-663-2. Any
				  additional paymentprovided to the foster care home provider as incentive or
				  retainer fees for participating in the foster care program shall be considered
				  as unearned income to the foster care home provider household;
(10) Any interest or dividends received by
				  the food stamp household or credited to any accounts for the household from
				  banks, loans, or other sources; and
(11) Cash dividends from stocks, life
				  insurance, or other sources.