|
Income Type |
NMP Step 1 |
MNO Step 1 |
NMP & MNO Step 2 |
For Spouse and Dependent Computation of Minimum Monthly Maintenance Allowance (MMMA) |
|
E = Income is excluded |
C = Income is counted |
NA = Not applicable |
||
|
Adoption Subsidy Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Advance Expense Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Agent Orange Settlement |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Alaskan Native Claims |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Alaska Longevity Bonus |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Austrian Reparations |
C |
E |
E |
C |
|
Borrowed Money |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Cash Assistance Payments |
NA |
NA |
NA |
C* |
|
Corporation for National and Community Services |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Credit Disability Insurance Payments |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Credit Life Insurance Payments |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Department of Defense Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Disaster Relief Assistance |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Disaster Relief Interest |
C |
E |
C |
C |
| Difficulty of Care Payments | C | C | C | C |
|
Earned Income Credit (EIC) |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Earned Income Less than $10 |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Educational Assistance |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Foster Care Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Fuel Cutoff Assistance |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Grants or Loans to Students |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
German Reparations |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Home Energy Assistance (HEA) |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Homeless Assistance |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Hostile Fire Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Housing Subsidies |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Income Counted for Cash Assistance |
NA |
NA |
NA |
C |
|
Income Tax Refunds |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Indian Tribe Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Interest or Irrevocable Burial Reserve |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Interest Less than $20 |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Japanese-American and Aleut Restitution |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
C |
|
LIHEAP (Fuel Assistance) |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Loan Repayment |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Medical Assistance Copayment Refunds |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Medical Premium Refunds |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Medical Care and Services |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Netherlands WUV Payments |
C |
E |
E |
C |
|
Noncash Items |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Older Americans Act wages |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
Property Tax Refund |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Property Tax/Rent Rebates |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Radiation Exposure |
C |
E |
E |
C |
|
Real Property Acquisitions |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Rehabilitation Act Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Relocation Assistance |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Replacement Income |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Residence Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Resource Converted to Income |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Retroactive SSI and RSDI Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Social Services |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Support or Maintenance Assistance (SMA) |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Surplus Foods |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Third-Party Payments |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Unearned Income Reduced to Recover an Overpayment |
C |
E |
E |
C |
|
Unearned Income $20 or Less |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Volunteer Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Veterans' Aid and Attendance |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Veterans' $90 Pension Benefit (or Surviving Spouse) |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Victims Compensation Payments |
C |
E |
C |
C |
|
Vietnam Veterans' Children with Spina Bifida |
E |
E |
E |
E |
|
Weatherization Assistance |
E |
E |
E |
E |
* Only count cash assistance payments received for the benefit of the spouse/dependent
Updated February 9, 2026, Replacing February 3, 2021