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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION INCOME AND RESOURCES FNS 390 RESOURCES
4 Section 390 Change #02-2024 October 1, 2024 3. If the FNS unit was eligible on the date of application, but ineligible due to excess resources by the date of interview and the interview is conducted during the month of application, deny the application. 4. If the interview is conducted in the month following the month of application, and the FNS unit is eligible on the date of application but ineligible due to excess resources by the date of interview, approve the application for the first month and deny assistance for the second month. 390.05
COUNTABLE/EXCLUDABLE REFERENCE LIST OF RESOURCES
Resource Item
Yes
No Manual Section Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts are tax- favored savings accounts established to provide secure funding for disability related expenses on behalf of designated beneficiaries deemed disabled before age 26. Note: The funds in ABLE accounts should be excluded as both income and resources.
N 390.14 Agent Orange Settlement payments or similar funds which are disbursed by the AETNA Insurance Company to veterans or surviving spouses and children. NOTE: Veteran's Administration (VA) benefits received for a service connected disability resulting from exposure to Agent Orange.
N 390.14 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act payments.
N 390.14 Allowances paid under the law to Vietnam veterans’ child(ren) born with spina bifida and other birth defects.
N 390.14 Annuities
N
Battered Women’s Resources - Jointly owned with a former household member and access is dependent on the agreement of the joint owner
N 390.14 Boats
N 390.14 Bonds Y
390.08 Buildings, regardless of location
N 390.14 Burial Plans/Plots/Spaces
N 390.14