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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".30" citation="COMAR 07.03.17.30" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="17" heading="Income.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>“Income” means all income from any source excluding only the income types specified in §D of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Earned income includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Wages, salaries, tips, and commissions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Income from self-employment as described in Regulation .39 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Training allowances from recognized government programs; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Payments under Title I of the Domestic Services Act of 1973, such as the Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) program when the individual was not receiving food supplement or public assistance at the time of entry into the volunteer program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Unearned income includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Federally funded assistance payments;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>State-funded assistance payments;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Annuities, pensions, and retirement benefits;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Workers' or unemployment compensation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Social Security benefits;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Foster care and subsidized guardianship payments only if the household chooses to include the foster care individual in the food supplement household;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Net rental property income when no household member is actively engaged in management of the property for 20 hours a week or more;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Support or alimony payments;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Payments from government programs, dividends, interest except as described in §D(18) of this regulation, royalties, or money payments from any source which is a gain or benefit to the household;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Money withdrawn or dividends due to a household from a trust fund;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Dividends that the household has the option to use or reinvest unless excluded in §D of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Amounts of unearned income deducted from a federal or State means-tested public assistance benefit to repay a claim intentionally caused by a household;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Earned or unearned income of an individual disqualified from the household as described in Regulation .40B and C of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Income of a sponsor and sponsor's spouse as described in Regulation .09-1 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Excluded income includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Income diverted at or returned to the source to repay a prior overpayment received from the source except as described in §C(12) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Child support paid to a TCA recipient that is required to be transferred to the Department's Child Support Enforcement Administration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In-kind contributions which have other than a cash value to the household;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Vendor or third-party payments paid directly to a third party and not available as income to the household;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Irregular, unanticipated:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Earned income not exceeding $30 in any quarter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Unearned income not exceeding $200 in any 6 month period;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Any loan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Reimbursements for past or future expenses, other than normal living expenses, if they do not exceed actual expenses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Money received and used for the care and maintenance of a third-party beneficiary who is not a household member;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Earned income of a member of the household who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is an elementary or secondary school student;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is younger than 18 years old; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Lives with a natural or adoptive parent or stepparent, or under the parental control of a household member other than a parent;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>A nonrecurring lump sum payment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Cash donations based on need from one or more private nonprofit charitable organizations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Income specifically excluded by federal law as countable income for Program purposes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Any federally funded energy assistance payment, including HUD utility reimbursements, except for payments provided under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Income of an SSI recipient which has been determined necessary for the fulfillment of a plan for achieving self-support (PASS) which has been approved by the Social Security Administration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Public assistance vendor payments provided for emergency or special assistance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>Educational assistance as described in Regulation .31 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>The deduction for self-employment income permitted under Regulation .39 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>Interest earned on a bank account; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>Military combat pay.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>