Head Start Definition of Income

Income means gross income and only includes wages, buisiness income, unemployment compensation, pension or annuity payments, gifts that exceed the threshold for taxable income, and military income (excluding special pay for a member subject to hostile fire or imminent danger under 37 U.S.C. 310 or any basic allowance for housing under 37 U.S.C. 403 including housing acquired under the alternative authority under 10 U.S.C. 169 or any related provisions of law). Gross income only includes sources of income provided in this definition; it does not include refundable tax credits nor any forms of public assistance. 

 

The definition of Income was updated on August 24, 2024 by the Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Action: Final Rule