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location. The payment is made for no more than a four year period and may be made in four equal installments or one lump sum payment. c. Dislocation allowance of $200 to each household dislocated by the project. d. Moving expense allowance: This payment is made to each household which must relocate to cover moving expenses. The payment is made according to the amount of personal property which must be moved. The household may accept either the actual verified cost of moving or $300 a household. However, when the payment of actual cost is made, the household will not receive the $200 dislocation allowance in Item c above. Disregard all relocation payments as listed in item 2 above as long as the family maintains these funds so that the agency can identify them as the amount received as relocation payments. If the individual commingles the relocation payments with his other cash and it cannot be distinguished from his other funds, then these can no longer be disregarded. An individual will be considered to have commingled his relocation payments when: 1. He places these in a bank account with funds acquired in other ways. 2. He uses these funds along with other funds to purchase a home. 3. He buys other property with the relocation payments instead of investing in a home or paying rent with the money. Trust Funds The cash value of the trust fund, if inaccessible, will be excluded. Marriage Disregard A one-time disregard will be applied for six consecutive months to the resources of the new spouse of TANF recipients who marry on or after October 1, 1999. This disregard is applicable only in the TANF case and is a one-time disregard. See Chapter 6, Marriage Disregard for information regarding timely reporting.