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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) MANUAL RESOURCES Section 200 Page 4

200.4 Excluded Resources Certain resources are not counted when determining whether a household is below the allowable resource limit. Remember, because of expanded categorical eligibility, you should not have any non-categorically eligible SNAP households. 200.41 Excluded Resources A. Exclude all resources except for cash on hand and checking and savings accounts. B – H describes resources that may be deposited in a bank account but are excluded. B. Disaster-related loans and grants Exclude any governmental payment designated to restore a home damaged in a disaster, if the household is subject to a legal sanction for using the payment for other purposes. C. Inaccessible resources 1. Inaccessible resources include but are not limited to the following: (a)Irrevocable trust funds; (b)Inaccessible jointly owned resources; 2. Consider as inaccessible any funds in a trust, or transferred to a trust Including income produced by the trust if: (a)The trust arrangement is not likely to end during the certification period; (b)No household member has the power to revoke the trust arrangement or change the name of the beneficiary during the certification period; (c)The trustee administering the fund is either: (i) A court, or an institution, corporation, or organization that is not under the direction or ownership of any household member, or (ii)An individual (including a household member) who has court imposed limitations to restrict use of the fund to benefit the specific person named by the trust; ______________________________________________________________________ REVIEWED JUNE 2026