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3. American Association of Retired People (AARP). 4. National Council on Aging. 5. National Council of Senior Citizens; and, 6. Foster Grandparent Program. PENSION PLANS OR FUNDS: The following types of retirement savings and pension plans are excluded: 1. 457 Plans. 2. 401(k) Plan. 3. SIMPLE 401(k). 4. Pension or traditional defined-benefit plan – employer-based retirement plan that promise retirees a certain benefit upon retirement regardless of investment performance. 5. Public Employee Retirement System (PERS). 6. Federal Employee Thrift Savings Plan. 7. Section 403(b) Plan. 8. Section 501(c)(18). 9. Keogh Plans. 10. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA's). 11. Roth IRA. 12. SIMPLE IRA. 13. Simplified Employer Pension Plan. 14. Profit Sharing Plan; and, 15. Cash Balance Plans. PERSONAL CHECKING ACCOUNT: A personal checking account is countable. There is a two-step process to determine how much money in a checking account is counted toward the resource limit. 1. The current month's income deposited into the account is excluded. Any current month income deposited in the checking account is subtracted from the checking account balance. No further action is needed if the household is resource eligible in step one. If the household remains resource ineligible, go to step two. 2. Evaluate the household's outstanding checks. If a check was written and sent to the payee even if it has not yet been cashed, the money is not available for other purposes. It is not counted toward the resource limit. Self-employment funds retain their exclusion for the time they are prorated as income even if the funds are commingled. PLAN for ACHIEVING SELF-SUPPORT (PASS): Any income an SSI recipient places in an approved PASS account as well as the PASS account is excluded. PREPAYMENT OF MORTGAGE or RENT: Prepayment of an individual's mortgage is not a resource. Prepayment of rent, however, is a countable resource unless the individual cannot receive the money back under any circumstances (e.g., the lease