OAR 461-145-0200
Foster Care Payments and Guardianship Assistance Benefits


Payments for foster care and benefits from the Guardianship Assistance program are treated as follows:

(1)

In all programs except the ERDC, REF, REFM, SNAP, and TANF programs:

(a)

If the provider of foster care or the guardian is in the financial group (see OAR 461-110-0530 (Financial Group)), the payments or benefits are treated as earned income except that it is excluded in the following situations:

(A)

The amount the placement agency identifies as being for room and board, clothing, or personal incidental needs (including recreational expenses) of the foster care client is excluded.

(B)

The amount designated for special need items of the foster care client is excluded.

(b)

If the provider of foster care or the guardian is not in the financial group, the payments or benefits are excluded.

(2)

In the ERDC program, the payments or benefits are excluded.

(3)

In the SNAP program:

(a)

The payments or benefits are counted as unearned income only if the person in foster care or under guardianship is in the filing group (see OAR 461-110-0370 (Filing Group; SNAP)). The payments or benefits are excluded if the person in foster care or under guardianship is in the household group (see OAR 461-110-0210 (Household Group)) but not in the filing group.

(b)

The payments or benefits are counted as self-employment income if the provider of foster care and the person receiving the care or the guardian and the person under guardianship are not in the same household group.

(4)

In the REF, REFM, and TANF programs:

(a)

For adult foster care, if the provider or the guardian is in the financial group, the payments or benefits are treated as earned income except that they are excluded in the following situations:

(A)

The amount the placement agency identifies as being for room and board, clothing, or personal incidental needs (including recreational expenses) of the foster care client is excluded.

(B)

The amount designated for special items of the foster care client is excluded.

(b)

For adult foster care, if the provider or the guardian is not in the financial group, the payments or benefits are excluded.

(c)

Payments or benefits for children in foster care are excluded.

Source: Rule 461-145-0200 — Foster Care Payments and Guardianship Assistance Benefits, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=461-145-0200.

461‑145‑0000
Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act
461‑145‑0001
Adoption Assistance
461‑145‑0005
Agent Orange Disability Benefits
461‑145‑0008
Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend
461‑145‑0010
Animals
461‑145‑0020
Annuities
461‑145‑0022
Annuities
461‑145‑0025
Approved Accounts
461‑145‑0030
Bank Account
461‑145‑0035
Black Lung Benefits
461‑145‑0040
Burial Arrangements and Burial Fund
461‑145‑0050
Burial Space and Merchandise
461‑145‑0060
Cash
461‑145‑0080
Child Support and Cash Medical Support
461‑145‑0086
Contributions
461‑145‑0087
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
461‑145‑0088
Corporations and Business Entities
461‑145‑0089
Corporations and Other Business Entities
461‑145‑0090
Disability Benefit
461‑145‑0100
Disaster Relief
461‑145‑0105
Disqualifying Income
461‑145‑0108
Dividends, Interest and Royalties
461‑145‑0110
Domestic Volunteer Services Act (VISTA, RSVP) and Small Business Act (SCORE, ACE)
461‑145‑0120
Earned Income
461‑145‑0130
Earned Income
461‑145‑0140
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
461‑145‑0143
Economic Recovery Payment
461‑145‑0145
Educational Account
461‑145‑0150
Educational Income
461‑145‑0170
Energy Assistance Payments
461‑145‑0175
Family Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) Payments
461‑145‑0184
Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund
461‑145‑0185
Floating Homes and Houseboats
461‑145‑0190
Food Programs Other Than the SNAP program
461‑145‑0200
Foster Care Payments and Guardianship Assistance Benefits
461‑145‑0210
Gifts and Winnings
461‑145‑0220
Home
461‑145‑0230
Housing and Urban Development
461‑145‑0240
Income-Producing Sales Contract
461‑145‑0250
Income-Producing Property
461‑145‑0252
Income-Producing Property
461‑145‑0255
Youth Transitions Program Subsidies
461‑145‑0259
Indian (Native American) Benefits
461‑145‑0260
Indian (Native American) Benefits
461‑145‑0261
Individual Development Account (IDA)
461‑145‑0270
Inheritance
461‑145‑0280
In-Kind Income
461‑145‑0285
Japanese-American Restitution Payments
461‑145‑0290
Job Corps
461‑145‑0300
Workforce Investment Act
461‑145‑0310
Life Estate
461‑145‑0320
Life Insurance
461‑145‑0330
Loans and Interest on Loans
461‑145‑0340
Lodger Income
461‑145‑0343
Manufactured and Mobile Homes
461‑145‑0345
Military Income
461‑145‑0348
Mineral Rights
461‑145‑0360
Motor Vehicle
461‑145‑0365
National and Community Services Trust Act (NCSTA), including AmeriCorps (other than AmeriCorps VISTA)
461‑145‑0370
Older Americans Act
461‑145‑0380
Pension and Retirement Plans
461‑145‑0390
Personal Belongings
461‑145‑0400
Personal Injury Settlement
461‑145‑0405
Plan for Self-support
461‑145‑0410
Program Benefits
461‑145‑0415
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
461‑145‑0417
Railroad Retirement Payments
461‑145‑0420
Real Property
461‑145‑0430
Real Property Excluded under an Interim Assistance Agreement
461‑145‑0433
Recreational Vehicles
461‑145‑0435
Refunds
461‑145‑0440
Reimbursement
461‑145‑0455
Resettlement and Placement (R&P) Grants
461‑145‑0460
Sale of a Resource
461‑145‑0470
Shelter-in-Kind Income
461‑145‑0490
Social Security Benefits
461‑145‑0500
Social Secuirty Death Benefit
461‑145‑0505
Spousal Support
461‑145‑0510
SSI
461‑145‑0520
Stocks, Bonds and Other Securities
461‑145‑0525
Strikers’ Benefits
461‑145‑0530
Tax Refund
461‑145‑0540
Trusts
461‑145‑0550
Unemployment Compensation Benefit
461‑145‑0560
Uniform Relocation Act
461‑145‑0570
USDA Meal Reimbursement
461‑145‑0580
Veterans’ Benefits
461‑145‑0582
Victims’ Assistance
461‑145‑0583
Virtual Currency or Cryptocurrency
461‑145‑0585
Vocational Rehabilitation Payment
461‑145‑0590
Workers Compensation
461‑145‑0600
Work-Related Capital Assets, Equipment, and Inventory
461‑145‑0810
Deemed Assets
461‑145‑0820
Deemed Assets
461‑145‑0830
When to Deem the Assets of a Sponsor of a Noncitizen and How Income is Deemed
461‑145‑0860
Deemed Assets, Parent of Minor Parent
461‑145‑0910
Self-Employment
461‑145‑0915
Self-Employment
461‑145‑0920
Self-Employment
461‑145‑0930
Self-Employment
461‑145‑0931
Additional Exclusions for Farming Costs
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 461-145-0200’s source at or​.us