New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 87 - NEW JERSEY SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (NJ SNAP) MANUAL › Subchapter 5 - FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY; INCOME › Section 10:87-5.4 - Earned income

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) For the purposes of determining net NJ
				SNAP income, earned income shall include the following:
1. All wages and salaries received as
				compensation for services performed as an employee;
2. When the earned income of one or more
				household members and the earned income of a nonhousehold member are combined
				into one wage, the income of the household member shall be determined as
				follows:
i. If the household's share can be
				identified, the CWA shall count that portion as earned income to the household;
				or
ii. If the household's share
				cannot be identified, the CWA shall prorate the earned income among those
				persons it was intended to cover and count that prorated share as earned income
				to the household;
3. The
				gross income from a self-employment enterprise, including the total gain from
				the sale of any capital goods or equipment related to the business (see
				N.J.A.C.
				10:87-5.9(a)14).
i. Ownership of rental property shall be
				considered a self-employment enterprise. However, income derived from the
				rental property shall be considered earned income only if a member of the
				household is actively engaged in the management of the property for an average
				of at least 20 hours per week (see also
				10:87-5.5(a)3 
				).
ii. Payments received from a
				roomer or boarder shall be considered self-employment income, except income
				from foster care boarders, in accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				10:87-5.9(a)11ii;
4. Training allowances from
				vocational and rehabilitative programs recognized by Federal, State, or local
				governments, to the extent they are not a reimbursement (see
				10:87-5.9(a)9 
				iii(1));
5. Payments to volunteers
				under Title I (VISTA, University Year for Action and so forth) of the Domestic
				Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( P.L. 93-113 ) shall be considered earned income
				and subject to the earned income deduction specified at
				10:87-5.10(a)2,
				excluding payments to households as set forth at
				10:87-5.9(a)16 
				iii;
6. Earnings to individuals who
				are participating in on-the-job training programs under the Workforce
				Investment Act per
				7 CFR
				273.9(b)(1)(v). This
				provision does not apply to household members under 19 years of age who are
				under the parental control of another adult member, regardless of school
				attendance and/or enrollment. For the purpose of this provision, earnings
				include monies paid under the Workforce Investment Act and monies paid by the
				employer;
7. Educational assistance
				that has a work requirement (such as work study, or an assistantship or
				fellowship with a work requirement), and which is not excluded under
				10:87-5.11, shall be treated as
				earned income; and
8. Military
				personnel income monies that are actually made available to the applicant or
				participating NJ SNAP household by the absent military family member are
				counted as income for NJ SNAP program purposes.