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used to transport a physically disabled BG member.

CAUTION: An excludable resource when converted to cash retains its character as an excludable resource in the month of conversion. Any converted cash remaining in any subsequent month is applied to the resource limit. Federal Payments Excluded as Resources The payments/benefits received from the following are excluded as resources by federal law: A. Benefits paid under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.

B. Grants or loans to any undergraduate student for educational purposes made or insured under any program administered by the Secretary of Education except the programs under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act. (see (Q) in this section). C. Any funds distributed per capital to or held in trust for members of any Indian tribe under Public Law 92–254 or Pub. L. 94–540.

D. Any benefits received under Title VII, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1995, as amended.

E. Support Services payments or reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses made to volunteers serving as foster grandparents, senior health aides or senior companions; and to persons serving in the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Active Corps of Executives (ACE), Older American Community Services Programs and National Volunteer Programs to assist small businesses. F. Payments to applicants or recipients participating in the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program, except that this disregard will not be applied when the Director of ACTION determines that the value of all such payments, adjusted to reflect the number of hours such volunteers are serving, is equivalent to or greater than the minimum wage then in effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or the minimum wage under the laws of the States where the volunteers are serving, whichever is greater. (Section 404(g) of Pub. L. 93–113, as amended by Section 9 of Pub. L. 96–143).

G. The value of supplemental food assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 as amended, and the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act, as amended. H. Pursuant to Section 15 of Pub. L. 100–241, any of the following distributions made to a household, an individual Native, or a descendant of a Native by a Native Corporation established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) (Pub. L. 92– 203, as amended): (a) Cash distributions (including cash dividends on stock from a Native Corporation) received by an individual are never counted as income or resources to the extent that such