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Federally Mandated Resource Exclusions Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. §§ 1601 – 1624) (ANCSA) payments Appeal Payments are excluded as resources in the month received and for three (3) months after the month of receipt. Clinical trial participation payments excluded by SSI. The first two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) a person receives during a calendar year is excluded. Cobell Settlement for American Indians for a period of twelve (12) months beginning with the month of receipt. This exclusion applies to all household members. Crime victim payments Disaster assistance, Federal payments Disaster assistance, State payments Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC) payments Foster Care payments Gifts to Children with Life Threatening Conditions from 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. These are not considered resources of a parent and apply only to children who are under age eighteen (18). Cash gifts up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in any calendar year are excluded. The amount of total cash payments that exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) each year are counted as a resource. Multiple cash gifts in the same calendar year are added together and up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) of the total is excluded, even if none of the cash gifts exceeds two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) individually. Homestead real property Household goods and personal effects