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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 03/2017

AVAILABILITY OF TRUSTS

0015.06.06

ABLE accounts are not a counted asset for cash programs or for SNAP. See 0017.15.32 (ABLE Accounts).

MFIP, DWP, MSA, GA, GRH: Special Needs Trusts and Supplemental Needs Trusts are not counted as an asset. Other trusts may be counted as an asset if available to the client. Presume that the client has access to the trust unless documented otherwise. If legal access to the trust is determined, then the trust may be counted as an asset if it is comprised in the form of countable assets. See 0015.01 (Counted Assets).

SNAP: No provisions.