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Income Consideration:

No, any tax rebate or refund, including the stimulus payments, will not be counted as income.  

Resource Consideration:

When we decide if you are eligible for extra help, your stimulus payment will not be counted as a resource for the month you get it and the following 2 months.  By resources, we're talking about such things as money in bank accounts, investments and cash you have at home or elsewhere. To understand when we would count your stimulus payment as a resource, consider the following example.  If you get a stimulus payment in May 2008, and decide to keep it or invest it, it would not count as a resource for May, June, or July 2008.  Beginning in August 2008, your stimulus payment would count as a resource if you had not spent the money before then.