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Federally Mandated Resource Exclusions Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) payments Nazi Persecution payments Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund (RECTF) payments Real estate taxes, homeowner’s insurance and funds set aside for upkeep expenses of the property. Up to one (1) year’s expenses are excluded. Funds must be kept in a separate account. Relocation Assistance payments, Federal Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund payments Student financial aid received under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) Pub. Law 89-329, or Student financial aid received from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Non-Title IV and non-BIA grants, scholarships, fellowships and other non-loan financial aid, if used or set aside to pay educational expenses until the month following the last month the student is enrolled in classes Distributions from a Coverdell Educational Savings Accounts (ESA) if the funds are used for educational expenses Excluded for the designated beneficiary of the account for nine (9) months following the month of receipt of a distribution Excluded for anyone who is not a beneficiary who contributes money to the account beginning the month after the month the funds are transferred into the account Excluded, due to being a conversion of a resource, for a contributor who is the designated beneficiary beginning with the month after the month the cash is transferred into the account Veteran’s Affairs (VA) benefits designated as educational assistance both undergraduate and graduate students until the month following the last month the student is enrolled in classes Plan to Achieve Self Support (PASS) student financial aid