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income deposited by the non-household member should be considered a resource unless the deposit or a portion thereof is designated toward the SNAP household. CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION: Payments received under this program, regardless of the circumstances of payment, are excluded. CROWD FUNDING ACCOUNTS: GoFundMe, Kickstarter, and Indiegogo and other similar accounts are on-line platforms that allow donors to fund specific campaigns for charity, individuals in need, projects, and business ventures. The account holders can access funds in two ways, either at any point throughout the campaign or only after the funding goal is met. The account meets the definition of liquid resource. The actual value of the funds that are accessible by the household are countable as a resource. Funds that are accessible at any time from any crowd funding website should be treated as liquid resources and not as income. Please reference SNAP 402-1 Countable and Excluded Resources for information. DISASTER RELIEF ACT: Payments issued because of a Presidential declared emergency or major disaster as defined in this Act, as amended, are excluded. The exclusion applies to federal assistance provided to individuals directly affected and to comparable disaster assistance provided by states, local governments, and disaster assistance organizations. DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT: Public Law 100-707 authorizes the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to pay Disaster Unemployment Assistance to any individual unemployed as a result of a major disaster. Individuals cannot receive disaster unemployment benefits if they are eligible for any other unemployment compensation. Payments are limited to 26 weeks. Because disaster unemployment assistance is considered Federal major disaster and emergency assistance under the Stafford Act, it cannot be considered as income or as a resource when determining SNAP benefits. The source of the unemployment income only needs to be verified if the household member suffered a job loss or was unemployed due to a recent disaster. EDUCATIONAL INCOME: Educational grants, loans on which payment is deferred, scholarships, stipends, and VA education payments directly related to the individual’s attendance at an institution of higher education are excluded. ENERGY PAYMENTS: