---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2552.44"
title: "45"
number: "2552.44"
heading: "What is considered income for determining volunteer eligibility?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2552.44"
---

# §2552.44. What is considered income for determining volunteer eligibility?

- (a) For determining eligibility, “income” refers to total cash and in-kind receipts before taxes from all sources including:
  - (1) Money, wages, and salaries before any deduction;
  - (2) Receipts from self-employment or from a farm or business after deductions for business or farm expenses;
  - (3) Social Security, Unemployment or Workers Compensation, alimony, and military family allotments, or other legally required financial support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household.
  - (4) Government employee pensions, private pensions, regular insurance or annuity payments, and 401(k) or other retirement savings plans;
  - (5) **Income from dividends, interest, net rents, royalties, or income from estates and trusts.**
- (b) **For eligibility purposes, income does not refer to the following money receipts—**
  - (1) Any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank, sale of property, house or car, tax refunds, gifts, one-time insurance payments or compensation from injury.
  - (2) Non-cash income, such as the bonus value of food and fuel produced and consumed on farms and the imputed value of rent from owner-occupied farm or non-farm housing.
  - (3) **Regular payments for public assistance including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).**
  - (4) **Social Security Disability or any type of disability payment.**
  - (5) **Food or rent received in lieu of wages.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 14126, Mar. 24, 1999. Redesignated at 72 FR 48585, Aug. 24, 2007; 83 FR 64651, Dec. 17, 2018; 89 FR 70543, Aug. 30, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 12651b-12651d; E.O. 13331, 69 FR 9911.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 14126, Mar. 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 14126, Mar. 24, 1999. Redesignated at 72 FR 48585, Aug. 24, 2007; 83 FR 64651, Dec. 17, 2018; 89 FR 70543, Aug. 30, 2024]