OAR 461-145-0410: Program Benefits

(1) Emergency Assistance (EA) payments are treated as follows: (a) In the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), 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 Refugee Assistance (REF), Refugee Assistance Medical (REFM), SNAP, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (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 Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) are excluded unless the individual is the provider. (4) Payments from the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) medical, MAGI-Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Oregon Supplemental Income Program Medical (OSIPM), Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), and REFM programs are excluded. (5) Payments from Jobs Participation Incentive (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) Oregon Food Stamp Employment Transition (OFSET) service payments are excluded. (7) Benefits from the General Assistance (GA), Oregon Supplemental Income Program (OSIP) (except OSIPM-Independent Choices Program), REF, State Family Pre-SSI/SSDI (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-Basic (BAS), QMB-Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (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) Job Opportunity and Basic Skills (JOBS), REF, TANF JOBS Plus, and TANF Youth Employment Program (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) Temporary Assistance for Domestic Violence Survivors (TA-DVS) payments are excluded for all programs.