Income of a person who is not a member of a food assistance unit.
(1) A cash payment made to a food assistance unit from a person who is not a member of the assistance unit is counted as unearned income.
(2) The following types of income are not available to the assistance unit:
(a) The nonmember's income; and
(b) Payments made by a nonmember to a third party for the benefit of the assistance unit.
(3) When the nonmember's earnings are not clearly separate from the earnings of food assistance unit members, the earnings are:
(a) Divided equally among the working persons, including the nonmember; and
(b) The portion of the nonmember is not counted.