Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 676 - INCOME
Subchapter 3 - UNEARNED INCOME
Section 17-676-35 - Assistance from other agencies and organizations
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-676-35
Current through August, 2024
(a) Assistance provided by any public or private agency shall not be counted as income for financial assistance if no duplication exists between such other assistance and that provided by the department. Non-duplication of assistance shall be assured by:
(1) The different
purpose for which the other agency grants aid such as vocational
rehabilitation;
(2) The provision
of goods and services that are not included in the department's standard of
assistance; or
(3) For the
financial assistance program, the provision of supplemental payments that do
not exceed the difference between the standard of need and the standard of
assistance.
(b) In the food stamp program, unearned income shall include:
(1) Assistance payments from federal,
federally aided, or state financial assistance programs including:
(A) Supplemental security income
(SSI);
(B) Aid to families with
dependent children (AFDC);
(C)
General assistance (GA);
(D) Work
transition program;
(E) Other
assistance programs based on need, including state loans to SSI applicants;
and
(F) Assistance payments from
programs which require, as a condition of eligibility, the actual performance
of work without compensation other than the assistance payments themselves,
such as the temporary labor force program. Such assistance shall be considered
unearned income even if provided in the form of a vendor payment, unless the
vendor payment is exempt from consideration as countable income as specified in
section 17-676-89;
(2)
All or part of a financial assistance grant which would normally be provided in
a money payment to the household, but which is diverted to third parties or to
a protective payee for purposes such as managing a household's expenses, unless
specifically excluded in section 17-676-89. However, payments by the department
that would not normally be provided in a money payment to the household, that
are above normal financial assistance grants, shall be excluded as a vendor
payment if the payments are made directly to a third party for a household
expense. This rule shall apply even if the household has the option of
receiving a direct cash payment;
(3) Payments from government sponsored
programs such as agriculture stabilization and conservation service programs,
dividends, interest, royalties, and all other direct money payments from any
source which may be construed to be a gain or benefit.
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