1. Money, Wages, or Salary - i.e., total money earnings received for work performed as an employee, including wages, salary, Armed Forces pay, commissions, tips, piece rate payments, and cash bonuses earned before deductions are made for taxes, bonds, pensions, union dues, and similar purposes.

2. Net Income from Non-farm Self-employment - i.e., gross receipts minus expenses from one's own business, professional enterprise, or partnership. Gross receipts include the value of all goods sold and services rendered. Expenses include cost of goods purchased, rent, heat, light, power, depreciation charges, wages and salaries paid, business taxes (not personal income taxes), and similar costs. The value of salable merchandise consumed by the proprietors of retail stores is not included as part of net income. Deficit income (i.e., when total operating expenses are greater than gross receipts) shall be treated the same as income. The amount of the deficit shall be subtracted from the gross income from other sources to obtain the total gross income.

3. Net Income from Farm Self-employment - i.e., gross receipts minus operating expenses from the operation of a farm by a person on his/her account, as an owner or renter. Gross receipts include the value of all products sold, government crop loans, money received from the rental of farm equipment to others, and incidental receipts from the sale of wood, sand, gravel, and similar items. Operating expenses include cost of feed, fertilizer, seed, other farming supplies, cash wages paid to farmhands, depreciation charges, cash rent, interest on farm mortgages, farm building repairs, farm taxes (not state and federal income taxes), and similar expenses. The value of fuel, food, or other farm products used for family living is not included as part of net income. Deficit income (i.e., when total operating expenses are greater than gross receipts) shall be treated the same as income. The amount of the deficit shall be subtracted from the gross income from other sources to obtain the total gross income.

4. Social Security - i.e., Social Security pensions and survivor's benefits, and permanent disability insurance payments made by the Social Security Administration, prior to deductions for medical insurance, and railroad retirement insurance checks from the U.S. Government.

5. Dividends, Interest (on savings or bonds), Income from Estates or Trusts, Net Rental Income or Royalties - i.e., dividends from stockholdings or membership in associations, interest on savings or bonds, periodic receipts from estates or trust funds, net income from rental of a house, store, or other property to others, receipts from boarders or lodgers, and net royalties.

6. Public Assistance Payments - i.e., public assistance payments such as TEA/WORK PAYS, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), State Supplemental Payments, and general assistance. Even though the primary client may not be a recipient of this type assistance, if any member of the unit receives public assistance then the payment must be considered as income to the entire eligibility unit for the purpose of determining eligibility.

7. Pensions and Annuities - i.e., pensions or retirement benefits paid to a retired person or his/her survivors by a former employer or by a union, either directly or through an insurance company; periodic receipts from annuities or insurance.

8. Unemployment Compensation - i.e., compensation received from government unemployment insurance agencies or private companies during periods of unemployment and any strike benefits received from union funds.

9. Worker's Compensation - i.e., compensation received periodically from private or public insurance companies for injuries incurred at work. The costs of this insurance must have been paid by the employer and not the person.

10. Alimony

11. Child Support

12. Veterans' Pensions - i.e., money paid periodically by the Veterans Administration to disabled members of the Armed Forces or to survivors of deceased veterans, subsistence allowance paid to veterans for on the job training, as well as so-called “refunds” paid to ex-servicemen as GI insurance premiums.

13. Joint Income - Joint income shall be divided equally when both spouses are living in a supervised living facility.

14. Wages Paid for on the Job Training and upgrading and retraining under the Job Training Partnership Act program.

1. Per capita payments to or funds held in trust for any individual in satisfaction of a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or the Courts of Claims;

2. Payments made pursuant to the Alaska Native Claim Settlement Act to the extent such payments are exempt from taxation under section 21(a) of the Act;

3. Money received from sale of property, such as stocks, bonds, a house, or a car (unless the person was engaged in the business of selling such property in which case the net proceeds would be counted as income from self-employment);

4. Withdrawals of bank deposits;

5. Money borrowed;

6. Tax refunds;

7. Gifts;

8. Lump sum inheritances or insurance payments;

9. Capital gains;

10. The value of the SNAP allotment (formerly known as Food Stamps);

11. The value of United States Department of Agriculture donated foods;

12. The value of supplemental food assistance under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act, as amended;

13. Any payment received under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970;

14. Earnings of a child under 14 years of age (provider representative need make no inquiry in this regard);

15. Loans and grants, such as scholarships, obtained and used under conditions that preclude their use for current living expenses;

16. Any grant or loan to any undergraduate student for educational purposes made or insured under any program administered by the Commissioner of Education under the Higher Education Act;

17. Home produce utilized for household consumption;

18. Allowances, earnings and payments made to individuals participating in any Job Training Partnership Act programs; and allowances, earnings and payments made to individuals participating in other employment and training programs except for wages paid for on-the-job training and upgrading and retraining in these other programs; and

19. Income received through AmeriCorps VISTA.