Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
Emergency Assistance (EA) payments are treated as follows:
(a) In the SNAP program, a payment made
directly to the financial group (see OAR
461-110-0530) is counted as
unearned income. Dual payee and provider-direct payments are
excluded.
(b) In all programs
except the SNAP program, these payments are excluded.
(2)
Employment Payments (see
OAR 461-001-0025 and
461-135-1270) are treated as
follows:
(a) In the REF, REFM, SNAP, and TANF
programs, these payments are counted as unearned income in the month
received.
(b) In all programs not
covered in subsection (a) of this section, these payments are
excluded.
(3) Payments
from ERDC and TANF child care are excluded unless the individual is the
provider.
(4) Payments from the
MAGI medical (including MAGI-CHIP), OSIPM, QMB, and REFM programs are
excluded.
(5) Payments from JPI
(see OAR 461-135-1260) are issued as a
food benefit and are excluded.
(6)
SNAP payments are treated as follows:
(a) The
value of a SNAP benefit is excluded in all programs except the EA program. In
the EA program, the value is counted as a resource when determining the
emergency food needs of the filing group (see OAR
461-110-0310 and
461-110-0370).
(b) OFSET service payments are
excluded.
(7) Benefits
from the GA, OSIP (except OSIPM-ICP), REF, SFPSS, TANF, and Tribal -TANF
programs are treated as follows:
(a) In the EA
program, these payments are counted as unearned income, except that these
payments are excluded for a benefit group (see OAR
461-110-0750) whose emergent
need is the result of domestic violence (see OAR
461-001-0000).
(b) In the QMB-BAS, QMB-SMB, and QMB-SMF
programs, these payments are excluded.
(c) In the SNAP program:
(A) These payments are treated as unearned
income.
(B) An amount received as a
late processing payment is treated as lump-sum income (see OAR
461-001-0000 and
461-140-0120).
(C) Payments made to correct an underpayment
are treated as lump-sum income.
(D) Ongoing special needs payments for
laundry allowances, special diet or meal allowance, restaurant meals,
accommodation allowances, and telephone allowances are treated as unearned
income. All other special needs payments are excluded as
reimbursements.
(d) In
all programs except the EA,QMB-BAS, QMB-SMB, QMB-SMF, and SNAP programs:
(A) These payments are excluded in the month
received, and any portion remaining following the month of receipt is counted
as a resource.
(B) Payments made to
correct an underpayment are excluded.
(e) In all programs:
(A) JOBS, REF, TANF JOBS Plus, and TANF YEP
support service payments are excluded.
(B) For the treatment of JOBS Plus and TANF
YEP income, see OAR 461-145-0130.
(8) Payments from OSIPM-ICP
(OSIPM-Independent Choices Program) are treated as follows:
(a) In the SNAP program, these payments are
counted as unearned income and assets held in a contingency
fund (see OAR
411-030-0020) are counted as a
resource.
(b) In all other
programs, these payments and funds held in a contingency fund
are excluded.
(9)
Pre-TANF program payments are treated as follows:
(a) In the SNAP program, a payment for basic
living expenses, made directly to the financial group, is
counted as unearned income. All other payments are excluded.
(b) In all programs except the SNAP program,
these payments are excluded.
(10) TA-DVS payments are excluded for all
programs.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
409.050,
411.083,
411.404,
411.816,
412.014,
412.049,
413.085 &
414.619
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
409.010,
411.083,
411.404,
411.816,
412.014,
412.049 &
7 CFR
273.9
