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(BB) Any portion of such educational assistance that is not used to pay current tuition, fees or other necessary educational expenses but is set aside to be used for paying this type of educational expense at a future date is excluded from income in the month of receipt. If these funds are not spent after nine (9) months, they become a countable resource the first (1st) day of the tenth (10th) month following receipt. (CC) Any portion of a grant, scholarship, fellowship, or gift that is not used or set aside for paying tuition, fees, or other necessary educational expenses is income in the month received and a resource the month after the month of receipt if retained. (4) Food which a person or their spouse raises if it is consumed by the household; (5) Assistance received under the FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015, H.R. 1471, and assistance provided under any Federal statute because of a presidentially declared disaster; (6) The first sixty dollars ($60.00) of infrequent or irregular unearned income received in a calendar quarter; (7) Alaska longevity bonus payments; (8) Foster care payments that are not funded through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 670-679c; (9) Any interest earned on excluded burial funds and any appreciation in the value of an excluded burial arrangement which are left to accumulate and become a part of that burial fund; (10) Support and maintenance assistance based on need: (AA) Provided in-kind by a private nonprofit agency; or (BB) Provided in cash or in-kind by a supplier of home heating oil or gas, or by a private or municipal utility company. (11) One-third (1/3) of child support payments made by a non- custodial absent parent, unless exempt in accordance with Subchapter 00 Part 3 of this Chapter;