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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 4000 3B4400 Excluded Resources 11B4420 Household and Personal Goods/Life Insurance

If the other structure is a building that is not a traditional house, it will be considered as an excluded resource i.e., tool sheds, corncribs, woodsheds, barns, etc If these structures produce income (i.e. rental payments), this income is not excluded, and is treated in accordance with SNAP 5715. The residence and surrounding property remain excluded when temporarily unoccupied for the following reasons: a. Employment b. Training for future employment c. Illness of a household member d. Inhabitability caused by casualty or natural disaster, if the household plans to return to the residence. A household that does not currently own a home receives an exclusion if: a) the household owns or is purchasing a lot on which they intend to build or are building a home, and b) they plan to reside in the home. The exclusion applies to the value of the lot and home if partially completed. There is no limit to the partial completion of the home. There is no limit to the size of the lot if the lot is not separated by intervening property owned by others, nor are there any limits to the period of time in the future when the household plans to build the home. Verification of the value of the home and lot must be obtained if the information given by the household about the home and lot affects eligibility and is questionable. All circumstances surrounding this decision must be documented.

4420 Household and Personal Goods/Life Insurance SNAP Manual 10/01/08 The following items will be excluded when determining countable resources: 1. Household goods such as, but not limited to, appliances, microwaves, lawn mowers, garden tractors, furniture and TV satellite dishes. 2. Personal effects such as, but not limited to, tools, jewelry andclothing. 3. The cash value of life insurance policies. 4. Prepaid burial policies and plans to the extent the funds in such a plan are inaccessible. 5. Livestock.  NOTE: Any amount that can be withdrawn (less a $1,500 per person disregard) from prepaid burial plans without a contractual obligation to repay will be counted asa