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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER E PAGE 63 34. Food Stamps The Food Stamp Program is a nationwide food supplementation program. 34.1. Exclusion The value of the food under the food stamp program to any household is excluded from resources. 34.2. Verification Accept an individual's allegation of receipt. 35. Gifts Of Travel Tickets 35.1. Domestic Travel Tickets The value of a ticket for domestic travel received by an individual (or spouse) is not a resource if the ticket is: • Received as a gift; • Not converted to cash; and • The ticket was used or is still retained Domestic travel is travel in or between the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 35.1.1. Converted to Cash If the tickets are converted to cash, the amount received is income in the month the ticket was converted to cash. Chapter I – 27.1.2 35.2. Verification Obtain the individual's signed statement as to whether the ticket has been retained, used, or converted to cash. If the ticket has been converted to cash, specify in the statement the amount of cash received. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, accept the statement as fact. 35.3. Non-Domestic Travel Tickets The value of tickets for non-domestic travel received by an individual are a resource if held beyond the month of receipt. See Chapter I – 28 for treatment as income.