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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE TRANSFERS 11/18 CHAPTER G PAGE 28 Examples of convincing evidence are:  Documents showing that, in the month of transfer, total countable resources would have been below the appropriate resource limit even if the individual had retained the transferred resource.  Documents showing that the transfer was not within the individual's control (e.g., was ordered by a court); or  Documents establishing that, at the time of the transfer, the individual could not have anticipated AG eligibility (e.g., the individual became disabled following a traumatic accident, but was not disabled at the time the transfer occurred); or  Documents which verify the unexpected loss of other resources or income which would have precluded AG eligibility (e.g., a divorce which results in loss of income or resources provided by a spouse); or  Documents establishing that, at the time of the transfer, the transferred resource would have been an excluded resource under AG rules (e.g., documents that establish the type of resource, the value, the date of transfer, etc.).  The resources were given to a religious order by a member of that order in accordance with a vow of poverty. 17.6. Verification  Individual's Statement - Obtain the individual's written and signed statement regarding the circumstances of the transfer. The statement should cover the individual's: o Purpose for transferring the resource; o Attempts, if any, to dispose of the resource at CMV; o Reason for accepting less than CMV for the resource; o Means or plans for self-support after the transfer; o Relationship, if any, to the person(s) to whom the resource was transferred; o Belief that he/she received CMV, if applicable.