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(a) When determining ATAP eligibility or payment amount, the department will not consider the value of the following items as income to a member of an ATAP economic unit:

(1) the value of home produce that is consumed by the members of a household, including farm or garden crops and home canned foods;

(2) the value of food donated to a household by the United States Department of Agriculture;

(3) the value of supplemental food assistance provided to a household under 42 U.S.C. 1786 (Child Nutrition Act of 1966, Women Infants Children Program), and the special food service program for children under 42 U.S.C. 1751 — 1769e (National School Lunch Act);

(4) the value of any benefits received by anyone in a household under 42 U.S.C. 3056 (P.L. 89-73; Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965);

(5) a payment received under 42 U.S.C. 4636 (P.L. 91-646; Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970);

(6) a payment made to or held in trust for, a member of an Indian tribe under 25 U.S.C. 1261 (P.L. 92-254); 25 U.S.C. 459 — 459e (P.L. 94-114); 25 U.S.C. 1401 — 1408 (P.L. 93-134, as amended; and 25 U.S.C. 117a — 117c (P.L. 98-64);

(7) $2,000 or less per year of cash distributed to an Alaska Native and that Alaska Native’s descendants under ANCSA; any amount in excess of $2,000 in a calendar year is nonexempt income; if an individual receives cash distributions from one or more ANCSA corporations, the combined total amount of those distributions that exceeds $2,000 in a calendar year is nonexempt income;

(8) the amount of an educational grant, scholarship, or other award made to an undergraduate student for educational purposes under any program administered, funded or insured under 20 U.S.C. 1070 — 1089 (Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; P.L. 89-329, as amended), or under a United States Bureau of Indian Affairs student assistance program;

(9) the amount of an educational grant, scholarship, or other award for educational purposes that is not made under any program administered, funded, or insured under 20 U.S.C. 1070 — 1089c-1 (Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; P.L. 89-329, as amended), or under a United States Bureau of Indian Affairs student assistance program, but that is awarded or used under conditions that preclude its use for current living costs;

(10) an educational, personal, commercial, or other loan in which the borrower has an obligation to repay, expresses an intent to repay, and can supply the department with documentation that proves it is a bona fide loan;

(11) income earned from employment in a work-study program while attending a college or university;