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receiving, ATAP benefits;

(35) “resource” means cash, or an asset that can be converted to cash, and includes

(A) real estate;

(B) cash on hand; cash on deposit; and other liquid resources such as a promissory note, stock, bond, or security that is readily convertible to cash;

(C) a life insurance policy, burial insurance policy, or a prepaid burial contract;

(D) a United States government savings bond or treasury note; a municipal or government bond; or a corporate bond, stock, or security;

(E) the portion of a lump sum payment received by the applicant or recipient, that is treated as a resource rather than income under this chapter; a lump sum payment includes a large termination paycheck, insurance policy cash-in, and inheritance;

(F) a motor vehicle; and

(G) all household goods and personal effects;

(36) “sponsor” means a person who agrees in writing to support an alien as a condition of the alien’s entry into the United States and the alien is not the child of the sponsor or the sponsor’s spouse;

(37) “SSI” means the supplemental security income program that is administered by the United States Social Security Administration and that provides monthly cash assistance to eligible aged, blind, and disabled individuals in need;

(38) “stepparent” means a person who is not a child’s natural or adoptive parent, but who is legally married to a natural or adoptive parent of the child;

(39) “suitable employment” means employment that complies with AS 23.10.050 — 23.10.150 (Alaska Wage and Hour Act) or produces self-employment income derived from products or services in demand within the marketing region;

(40) “TANF” means the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;

(41) “Title IV-E” means Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, and refers to payments made under 42 U.S.C. 670 — 673;

(42) “total gross monthly earned income” means the total of an individual’s gross monthly earned employee income that is available to an assistance unit, calculated in accordance with 7 AAC 45.435, and the gross monthly earned self-employment income that is available to an assistance unit, calculated in accordance with 7 AAC 45.445;

(43) “total gross monthly income” means the sum of an assistance unit’s available total gross monthly earned income and the available total monthly unearned income;

(44) “tribal family assistance program” means a program, including an Alaska Native