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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER E PAGE 8 The properties below are excluded as essential to self-support regardless of value or rate of return. The property must be in current use or, if it is not in use for reasons beyond the individual's control, there must be a reasonable expectation that the required use will resume. 7.1.1. Trade Or Business Property Property essential to self-support used in a trade or business is excluded from resources regardless of value or rate of return. 7.1.2. Government Permits Government permits represent authority granted by a government agency to engage in income producing activity. Examples are commercial fishing permits granted by a State Commerce Commission and tobacco crop allotments issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 7.1.3. Personal Property Used By An Employee Personal property used by an employee for work is excluded from resources. Excluded items include tools, safety equipment, uniforms, etc. 7.2. Current Use Criterion Property, including property used by an individual as an employee, must be in current use to be excluded as essential to self-support. Current use is evaluated on a monthly basis. Property not in current use can be excluded as essential to self- support only if: • It has been in use; • And there is a reasonable expectation that the use will resume If property is not in current use, obtain the individual's signed statement as to: • The date of last use; • The reason(s) the property is not in use; and • When the individual expects to resume the self-support activity, if at all

7.2.1. 12-Month Rule