Income Excluded by Federal Statute - 7 CFR § 273.9(c)(10) - Exclude all income specifically excluded by any other federal statute.  This includes, but is not limited to the following:

  • Coupons provided under WIC demonstration projects to exchange for food at farmers’ markets.  (Public Law 100-465)
  • Payments under the Filipino Veteran Equity Compensation Fund paid to veterans and spouses of veterans who served in the military of the commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.  (Public Law 111-5)
  • Payments made for children who suffer from birth defects and whose mothers are Vietnam veterans.  (Public Law 106-419)
  • Payments made to a child of a Vietnam Veteran for any disability of the child resulting from Spina Bifida. (Public Law 104-204, section 1805(d))
  • Payments made to Americans of Japanese or Aleut ancestry under Public Law 100-383.
  • Payments made to victims of Nazi Persecution under Public Law 102-286.
  • Payments made under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to compensate injury or death resulting from exposure to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining. (Public Law 101-426)


Income Tax Refund - 7 CFR § 273.9(c)(8) - Exclude as lump sum (nonrecurring) payments.


Individual Development Account (IDA) - 7 CFR § 273.9(c)(10) - Exclude interest earned on IDA accounts.  Also exclude any deposits made into the account by an outside source.


An IDA is a savings account for lower income individuals. An IDA is used for a specific purpose such as education, purchasing a first home, or starting a business. Savings are matched by private or public funds.


In-Kind Benefits - 7 CFR § 273.9(c)(1) - Exclude any nonmonetary or in-kind gain or benefit provided directly to the EDG, such as meals, free rent, clothing, housing, or produce from a garden.

For example, working off rent is an in-kind benefit.


Insurance Settlements - 7 CFR § 273.9(c)(8) - Exclude from income all money received from lump sum (nonrecurring) insurance settlements. 


Count recurring payments as unearned income.


Interest Income - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(2)(v) - Count as unearned income if it can be anticipated.  Fees charged by banks cannot be deducted from interest income.

Exception:  Exclude as irregular income if it is too irregular to be reasonably anticipated.


Irregular Income - 7 CFR § 273.9(c)(2) - Exclude up to $30 of income per federal fiscal quarter when the income is received too infrequently or irregularly to be reasonably anticipated.