Vacation Pay - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(1)(i) and (b)(2) & (c)(8) - Count as earned income if it is received before employment ends.  


Count as unearned income when received after employment ends, when paid in more than one payment.


Exclude as a lump sum (nonrecurring) when it is received in a lump sum after employment ends.  


Vendor Payments - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(2)(i) & (c)(1)(i)-(vi)(B) - Exclude.


Payments made from their own funds by an individual outside the EDG or by an organization to a 3rd party for an EDG’s expense. 


Examples of excluded vendor payments include but are not limited to:

  • Housing assistance when an EDG lives in temporary housing.
  • Payments made by a non-EDG member to a 3rd party for any of the EDG’s shelter expenses, the non-EDG member may or may not be sharing housing with the EDG. 
  • Payments by a government agency/program to a 3rd party on behalf of the EDG to pay the EDG’s medical or dependent care expenses.
  • Rent or mortgage payments made to the landlord or lender by HUD or by state or local housing authorities.
  • Payments converted to a direct cash payment when approved by a federally authorized demonstration project.


Do not confuse vendor payments with legally obligated money.  Remember, some vendor payments made through SAGA, SSUP, or TFA are counted.


Veteran's Benefits - 7 CFR § 273.9(b)(2)(ii) & (c)(3)(C)(9) - Count as unearned income payments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to veterans or dependents of veterans. This includes:


VISTA - See AmeriCorps VISTA.


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