Temporary Family Assistance (TFA) - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(2)(i) - Count as unearned income even if

  • the assistance is given in the form of a vendor payment, or
  • the program requires the applicant/recipient to work without pay in order to be eligible.


Tips - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(1)(i) - Count as earned income.  


Budget the amount the employee reports, not the allocated amount shown on an employee’s W-2 form.


Training Allowances - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(1)(iii) - Count training allowances from vocational and rehabilitative programs recognized by Federal, State or local governments as earned income, as long as they are not a reimbursement.  


Transitional Child Care (TCC) Payments - 7 CFR § 273.9(c)(1)(i)(B) - Exclude as income payments made on behalf of the EDG.

Count as self-employment to the provider. Payments are paid to the provider only. 


Trust Income - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(2)(vi) - Count as unearned income money withdrawn from an inaccessible trust excluded as an asset.  

Exception: Exclude when the withdrawal is a reimbursement.


Exclude as income money withdrawn from the trust if the trust is accessible to the EDG and therefore counted as an asset.


Count dividends as unearned income in the month they are credited to the trust, if the EDG has the option of either receiving the dividends as income or reinvesting them in the trust.