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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 17000 2B17300 The Application Process 16B17354 Resources • Self-Employment Income- Self-employment income earned by a member during the designated disaster period less personal and social security taxes and the allowable costs of producing the income. See SNAP 5622 for an explanation of allowable costs. • Other Income- Net income other than earnings received by a household member. 17354 Resources SNAP Manual 09/01/06 Non-liquid assets such as vehicles or real property will be excluded in a DSNAP. The following liquid resource will also be excluded in a DSNAP: IRA accounts, disaster insurance payments or other disaster assistance expected to be receive during the disaster period. This includes payments from federal, state, or local government agencies and private disaster assistance organizations. All other liquid resources (cash on hand and all funds in savings and checking accounts) will be counted unless the county office determines that such funds will be inaccessible to the household for most of the disaster benefit period. 17355 Allowable Disaster Related Expenses SNAP Manual 09/01/06 Disaster related expenses are limited to: 1. The cost of repairing damage to the household’s residence. 2. The cost of repairing damage to any property that is essential to employment or self- employment of a household member. 3. The cost of temporary shelter if a household’s residence is not habitable or a household cannot reach its residence. 4. The cost of moving out of an area evacuated due to disaster. 5. Costs related to protecting property from disaster damage. 6. The cost of medical expenses for disaster-related injury to a person who was a household member at the time of the disaster. This includes funeral and burial expenses in the event of death due to the disaster. Other expenses will not be considered.