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Title 7: SNAP Page 24 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter D: Resources Transferred Resources Revised September 27, 2024 Disqualifying Transfers

A one-person household with $1,750 in a bank account transferred ownership of a car used for work and worth $5,000 to try to qualify for SNAP. The first $4,650 of the car’s value is exempt, leaving $350 to apply toward the resource limit. The household’s resource limit at the time of application was $2,000. Calculate the disqualification period as follows: $350 value of the transferred resource (countable value of the car) + $1,750 bank account = $2,100. $2,100 - $2,000 (resource limit) = $100 in excess of the resource limit. Based on the chart, the household must be disqualified for one month. Send a Notice of Decision to disqualify the household if you determine that the household deliberately transferred resources to qualify or try to qualify for SNAP. Include in the notice the reason for the disqualification and how long the disqualification will last. Change the disqualification period if you did not determine the period correctly. However, a change in household circumstances cannot change or end the disqualification period.