earned income Cash or income in-kind received by a person in exchange for services. This includes wages, salaries, earnings from self-employment, training allowances, striker's earned income, and payments made under Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.

Cash or income in-kind Any gain or benefit payable to the household that is not in the form of money, including but not limited to shelter, meals, clothing, public housing, and produce from a garden. received by a person in exchange for services. This includes wages, salaries, earnings from self-employment The earning of income directly from one's own business, trade, or profession, rather than from an employer., training allowances, striker's earned income, and payments made under Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.