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Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 5060 – R. 5/15/25 – OMTL – 671 Resources Which May or May Not be Counted
For households that are not Categorically Eligible (CE) or Expanded Categorically Eligible (ECE), the following resources may or may not be counted depending on the situation. These are:
A. Jointly held resources (i.e., checking, savings, certificate of deposit, savings bonds) are resources owned or held by more than one household. Determine the amount to be considered as follows:
1. Resources owned jointly by separate households are considered available in their entirety to each household, unless the household can demonstrate that the resources are inaccessible. For households claiming that funds in an accessible jointly held checking/savings account do not belong to the household, consider as a countable resource unless the household does the following:
a. Obtains written verification from the other account holder(s) that the household has not contributed funds to the account; and
b. Removes the name of the household member(s) from the account.
Upon verification that the household member's name is no longer on the account, do not consider it as a resource, or as a transfer of resources. This is effective with the month the member's name is removed from the account.
B. Resources of battered individuals and children residing in shelters are not counted if:
1. The resources are jointly owned by such persons and by members of their former household; and
2. The shelter resident's access to the value of the resources is dependent on the agreement of a joint owner who still resides in the former household.
C. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) retroactive tax and utility cost subsidy payments issued as a result of Underwood vs. Harris are excluded in the month received and the following month. Thereafter, any remaining balance is counted as a resource.
D. Resources whose cash value is not accessible to the household, such as but not limited to, security deposits on rental property or utilities.
Exclude from consideration any resource available to the household, but of which the household is unaware, to the point in time the household is advised that the resource is legally available. The resource is then considered in determining eligibility.