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458 Households which have transferred resources knowingly for the purpose of qualifying or attempting to qualify for SNAP benefits will be disqualified from participation in the program for up to 1 year from the date of the discovery of the transfer. This disqualification period will be applied if the resources are transferred knowingly in the 3-month period prior to application or if they are transferred knowingly after the household is determined eligible for benefits. An example of the latter would be assets which the household acquires after being certified and which are then transferred to prevent the household from exceeding the maximum resource limit. Eligibility for SNAP benefits will not be affected by the following transfers: (A) Resources which would not otherwise affect eligibility, for example, resources consisting of excluded personal property such as furniture or of money that, when added to other nonexempt household resources, totaled less at the time of the transfer than the allowable resource limits; (B) Resources which are sold or traded at, or near, fair market value; (C) Resources which are transferred between members of the same household (including ineligible non-citizens or disqualified persons whose resources are being considered available to the household); and (D) Resources which are transferred for reasons other than qualifying or attempting to qualify for SNAP benefits, for example, a parent placing funds into an educational trust fund described in Section 10.7 Exclusion from Resources (M). In the event the Agency establishes that an applicant household subject to resource determination knowingly transferred resources for the purpose of qualifying or attempting to qualify for SNAP benefits, the households will be sent a notice of denial explaining the reason for and length of the disqualification. The period of disqualification will begin in the month of application. If the household is participating at the time of the discovery of the transfer, a notice of adverse action explaining the reason for and length of the disqualification will be sent. The period of disqualification will be made effective with the first allotment to be issued after the notice of adverse action period has expired, unless the household has requested a fair hearing and continued benefits (See Chapter 18 Fair Hearings).

The length of the disqualification period will be based on the amount by which nonexempt transferred resources, when added to other countable resources, exceeds the allowable resource limits.

Amount in excess of the resource limit Period of disqualification (months) $ 0 to 249.99 1 250 to 999.99 3 1,000 to 2999.99 6