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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) MANUAL RESOURCES Section 200 Page 7

200.41 Excluded Resources (continued) (c)Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) payments or allowances. LIHEAP funds the Maryland Energy Assistance Program (MEAP); (d)State or local general assistance for energy assistance which (under State law cannot be provided in cash directly to the household); 20.All student financial assistance; 21. Any Federal, State, or local Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), F. Where an exclusion applies because of the use of a resource by or for a household member, the exclusion will also apply when the resource is used by or for an ineligible alien or disqualified member whose resources are counted as part of the household’s resources. G. The resources of any household member who receives SSI, TCA or TDAP or Public Assistance to Adults (PAA) or any service funded by the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. H. Funds deposited into an individual development account (IDA). 200.42 Handling Excluded Funds A. Excluded funds, including any interest earned on those funds, kept in a separate account remain excluded indefinitely. B. Any excluded funds co-mingled in an account with other funds remain exempt for six months only. Six months after the funds are co-mingled, consider all funds in the account before the end of the sixth month a countable resource. C. Once excluded funds are co-mingled, they cannot later be withdrawn and placed in a separate account for the purposes of an exemption.

EXCEPTION: The resources of students and self-employed persons that have been prorated as income retain their exclusion for the period of time over which they were prorated.

______________________________________________________________________ REVIEWED JUNE 2026