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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION INCOME AND RESOURCES FNS 390 RESOURCES

2 Section 390 Change #02-2024 October 1, 2024 3. Ineligible ABAWDs. 4. Disqualified individuals (including individuals who fail to provide or apply for a social security number). 5. Sponsor of an Alien. If the Affidavit of Support was signed (or re-signed) on or after December 19, 1997, the full amount of the resources of a sponsor and his spouse (if living together) is counted to the alien’s FNS unit until whichever occurs earliest: a. The alien becomes a citizen; or b. The alien has worked or can be credited with 40 qualifying quarters of social security coverage. Beginning January 1, 1997, a quarter in which the wage earner received federal means-tested assistance (Work First, FNS benefits, Medicaid, North Carolina Health Choice, or SSI) does not count as a qualifying quarter; or c. The alien or sponsor dies. 390.02 VERIFICATION Verification of resources for non-categorically eligible households is required at each application, reapplication, recertification, and each reported change in resources as follows: A. Accept client’s statement for the value of resources, unless the value of the resource is considered questionable. A resource is considered questionable when there is reason to believe that the reported value is incorrect, or the sum of all countable resources equals or exceeds the FNS unit’s resource limit. If verification is necessary, use the DSS-8650 Request for Information Needed to Complete Your Food Assistance to request information. Give the FNS unit ten calendar days to provide the verification. B. Verification of the availability or accessibility of the following type of resources is required at application. Subsequent verification is not required unless the situation changes or becomes questionable. 1. Jointly owned resources. 2. Resulting trust. 3. Resources for which availability or accessibility must be established.