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Chapter: 1600 Assets Program: CIC 7 1650.0518 Cash (CIC) Cash includes money the individual owns no matter where it is located. 1650.0519 Verification of Cash (CIC) The individual must provide information on the amount of cash available. While an individual's statement of actual cash on hand is accepted without verification, the individual must be made aware that cash on hand includes amounts:

1. in the individual's personal possession; 2. the individual may have at home; and 3. being held for the individual elsewhere. 1650.0522 Money from Excluded Asset (CIC) Money received from an excluded income and asset source that is deposited in a savings account is excluded.

If the balance in the account is not identifiable as coming from the excluded source, the balance (minus any new deposits from excluded sources) counts as an asset the next month. 1650.0524 Crops and Livestock for Home Use (CIC) Any crops or livestock grown or retained solely for the SFU's own use is excluded. 1650.0525 Verification (CIC) The individual's statement as to the disposition of crops and livestock can be accepted unless it is inconsistent with other information on the individual's financial status. If there are inconsistencies or questions, the local county agricultural agent can assist in determining whether the individual is engaged in farming as a business enterprise. 1650.0526 Disaster Assistance from Government Sources (CIC) Permanently exclude:

1. payments, including disaster unemployment assistance, received under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 {P.L. 93-288, Section 312(d)}, as amended by the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988 {P.L., 100-707, Section 105(i)] from assets. 2. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) payments made under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended by Public Law 109-64, enacted on September 20, 2005.

Exclude interest earned on disaster assistance payments from assets.

Excluded funds must be identifiable. Encourage the individual to maintain a separate account for excluded funds if possible. When excluded funds are commingled in an account with other funds assume that non-excluded funds are withdrawn first.

Disaster assistance funds are not restricted to restoration of a home but are subject to legal sanction if misused.

Sources of verification of disaster assistance include official government notices, disaster loan or grant documents, and the individual's financial records of deposits, withdrawals and expenditures.