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LOAN-RELATED ASSETS 1.20 ALL Exclude non-cash assets, either business or non-business, used to secure a loan for business purposes if: • the borrower is a household member, ineligible alien, or disqualified person whose assets are counted as part of the household's assets (see Chapter 2: Whose Assets are Counted in this Part); and • a security or lien agreement makes the asset inaccessible (i.e., the group cannot sell it or convert its value to cash) If the above conditions are not met, count the asset's cash/equity value. NON-RECURRING LUMP SUMS AND ACCRUED BENEFITS 1.21 ALL A lump sum is cash received on a non-recurring or irregular basis that cannot reasonably be anticipated. Some lump sums payments may be excluded in their entirety or in part. Funds received from excludable lump sum payments must not be commingled with countable assets. The following lump sum payments are excluded in their entirety by law or federal statute: • payments received under PL 100-383 to US citizens of Japanese ancestry, resident Japanese aliens and Aleuts who were interned or relocated during World War II; • payments received under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990, PL 101-325, as compensation for exposure to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining; • Agent Orange settlement fund payments or payments from any other fund established because of the settlement in the in re: Agent Orange product liability litigation, MDL No. 381 (EDNY); and • payments received under Section 401 of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000, PL 106-419. MA To the extent that lump sums are countable, they are considered an asset beginning the month after payment was received. The following lump sum payments are excluded entirely: • payments made by the District government related to judgments or settlement agreements made on behalf of customers of District government agencies including the following: o Evans v Williams, o Dixon v Williams, o Brady v Williams, and o Salazar v Williams; • accrued retroactive benefits from the following: o TANF, o TANF Diversion payments, o Supplemental Security Income (SSI), o Medicare Buy-In and related reimbursements, and o Social Security (OASDI). The first $12,000 in accrued retroactive benefits is excluded for twelve months from the month of