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Training Allowances - SNAP (Food Stamps)

In the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamp Program), to the extent they are not a reimbursement or are not intended to defray participation expenses, training allowances from vocational and rehabilitative programs are considered earned income. The programs must be recognized by Federal, State, or local governments, such as the work incentive program.

Training income includes payments from WIA, TANF work program, Rehabilitation Services, and other programs such as the Youth Build Program and Americorps.

WIA (successor to the Job Training Partnership Act [JTPA]) programs provide various training opportunities including:

·        classroom training;

·        vocational education;

·        on-the-job training;

·        work experience;

·        youth programs including the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program;

·        programs for dislocated workers, migrant farm workers, Native Americans, and veterans; and

·        Job Corps.

For SNAP (Food Stamps), training allowances under the WIA of 1998 are excluded when calculating gross countable earned income. However, earnings to individuals who are participating in on-the-job training programs under WIA are counted if the individual is 19 or older. If the household member participating in an on-the-job training program is under 19 and under the parental control of another adult member, then the earnings are excluded, regardless of school attendance and/or enrollment. In this instance, earnings includes monies paid by the WIA program and monies paid by the employer.

A training expense allowance is defined as a payment to a trainee to reimburse them for expenses which they incur solely because of their participation in a countable work activity. These expenses usually include transportation costs, dependent care costs, uniforms, minor supplies, and so on. These payments are excluded.

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