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State of New Hampshire

TANF State Plan

25 New Hampshire State Plan Effective October 2023 Existing Policy

Money in an ABLE account was not specifically addressed.

Clarified Policy

Funds in ABLE/STABLE-NH accounts are excluded resources when determining eligibility. Individuals can contribute their own resources to their own ABLE/STABLE-NH account thus reducing their countable resources. Individuals can contribute their own income to their own ABLE/STABLE-NH account; however, this does not make the income excluded and there is no allowable reduction in countable income for determining eligibility. Third-party contributions to an ABLE/STABLE-NH account or disbursements from an individual’s Special Needs Trust or Pooled Trust to their ABLE/STABLE-NH account are not counted as a resource or as income to the applicant or recipient. There is no special treatment for contributions made to another person’s STABLE/ABLE-NH Distributions from ABLE/STABLE-NH accounts are not counted as a resource or as income, as long as they are used for QDEs for the individual.

SR & Effective Date

BFA SR 23-16 Eff: 03/17/23 Follow-up from Director’s Memo 2/25/20 Former Policy

No former policy for pre-paid cards.

New Policy

Pre-paid debit cards (such as Direct Express) are treated in the same manner as a checking account for all programs.

SR & Effective Date

BFA SR 22-27 Eff: 08/23/22

Former Policy

Allow allocation of income as a deduction when the applicant or recipient of TANF assistance pays for the unmet needs of a dependent outside of the TANF AG.

New Policy

Allocation of income is no longer an allowable deduction.

SR & Effective Date

BFA SR 22- 28Eff: 08/23/22

Former Policy

EITC payments were treated as lump sum income. Tax refunds were a counted resource.

New Policy

Lump sum EITC payments and tax refunds are an excluded resource for 12 months from receipt. *Note – this was a change made in 2010, but an SR was sent out 12/2022 to update manual pages to reflect what was already being implemented.

SR & Effective Date

BFA SR 22-36 Eff: 12/02/22