Examples of payments/services the SSI program will not count as income include:
- The first $20 of most income received in a month;
- The first $65 of earnings and one–half of earnings over $65 received in a month;
- The value of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamp) benefits received;
- Federal income tax refunds;
- Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) benefits;
- Assistance based on need funded by a State or local government, or an Indian tribe;
- Small amounts of income received irregularly or infrequently;
- Grants, scholarships, fellowships or gifts used for tuition and educational expenses;
- Food or shelter based on need provided by nonprofit agencies;
- Loans to you (cash or in–kind) that you have to repay;
- Money someone else spends to pay your expenses for items other than food or shelter (for example, someone pays your telephone or medical bills);
- Income set aside under an approved Plan to Achieve Self–Support (PASS);
- Earnings up to $1,870 per month to a maximum of $7,550 per year (effective January 2019) for a student under age 22;
- Cost of impairment–related work expenses for items or services that an SSI beneficiary needs in order to work;
- The cost of work expenses that an individual who is blind in order to work;
- Disaster assistance; and
- Certain exclusions on Indian trust fund payments paid to American Indians who are members of a federally recognized tribe.
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