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(b) Income and resources of this child are counted in the FI eligibility and benefit calculation. (c) This provision does not apply if it is determined that this child was conceived as a result of rape or incest. (2) The Department may provide vouchers for a child born ten months or more after initial receipt of FI assistance. The vouchers may be used to pay for goods and services for the child, as determined by the Department, which will enable the mother to participate in education, training and employment related activities. The Department will determine the monthly amount to be expended for these services dependent on the funds available. C. Resource Limit and Exclusions. The amount of real and personal property that can be reserved for each assistance unit shall not be in excess of twenty-five hundred dollars equity value excluding only: (1) The home and its contiguous property (even if separated by public right-of-ways) which is the usual residence of the assistance unit; (2) One burial plot (as defined by the Department) for each member of the assistance unit; (3) Bona fide funeral agreements (as defined by State law) up to fifteen hundred dollars in value, plus any interest accrued, for each member of the assistance unit; (4) Real property which the family is making a good faith effort (as defined by the Department) to sell. A good faith effort means agreeing to sell the property at the current market value and putting the property up for sale in the area where it commands a market. (5) Basic maintenance items essential to day-to-day living such as clothes, furniture and other similarly essential items of limited value. (6) The cash value of life insurance policies. (7) Items of assistance technology for a handicapped person required to develop or maintain life or work skills, such as a power wheel chair or computer shall not count against the two thousand five hundred dollar resource limit. Adaptive items added to a care or van shall not increase its book value. D. Special Benefit Payment Situations. (1) Payment is made for the entire month, except the month of application, to or for a family which, for any portion of the month, met all of the eligibility conditions, provided the family was eligible on the date payment was made. (2) Payment is made for the entire month in the course of which a child leaves the home of a specified relative, provided payments are not made for a concurrent period for the same child in the home of another relative or while the child is in a foster care home. (3) Payment is made to persons acting for relatives in emergency situations that deprive a child of the care of the relative through whom he has been receiving benefits for a temporary period necessary to make and carry out plans for the child’s continuing care and support. E. Vehicles. One licensed vehicle per budget group not to exceed ten thousand dollars fair market value (as determined by N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide or equivalent publication) is exempt from the asset limit. F. Inaccessible Resources. The following resources are considered to be inaccessible and are not counted against the FI resource limit: (1) Security deposits being held on rental property or utilities. (2) Property in probate or awaiting probate (includes property of individuals who die intestate). (3) Property in Chapter 13 bankruptcy unless exempted from bankruptcy proceedings by the Bankruptcy Court and the Trustee in Bankruptcy. (4) Property in equitable or existing trust where one individual holds the title to the property but another non-budget group member pays the purchase price, including monthly payments, and is responsible for the general upkeep of the property. This principle applies to both liquid and non- liquid resources. (5) Property with multiple owners when it is not possible to obtain the consent of all the owners to sell the property.