In What Instances is Adoption Subsidy reportable income (non tax)

we used it on our home loan app, and just sent in our aap agreement, bc quite frankly, we needed it to qualify for a bigger house bc we have an additional child. and along with the rest of the world, we make FAR less money this year than we did last year, and with the added dependant and based on our income alone we qualify for free lunch and wic.....HOWEVER, in our state, it clearly states that aap payments must be counted in your income level...which meant we no longer qualified. i don't know that there is a hard and fast rule that applies to all public assistance in all states though, so i'd check with whatever agency you would need to go through. but i know here they do not care if it is not reportable income, they made a place on the form for all unreported income for whatever reason and in the directions gave aap payments as an example.