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13. Resources excluded by law. (Admin. Notice A-39-97). This includes:
a. Benefits received from the supplemental food program for the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) (P.L. 100-435).
b. Reimbursements from Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970. (P.L. 91-646, Section 216).
c. Earned income tax credits excluded as follows:
1. Federal earned income tax credits received as a lump sum or as payment for the month of receipt and the next month.
2. Federal, state or local earned income tax credits for 12 months from receipt if the individual receiving the tax credit was receiving SNAP benefits when the tax credit was received and provided that the household continuously participates during the 12-month period. In determining the 12-month period, temporary breaks of one month or less will not be considered as nonparticipation.
d. Payments for meals for children or adults on whose behalf the payment is made through the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Section 12(3) of the School Lunch Act.
e. Energy Assistance payments, including payments from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (i.e., the Virginia Fuel Assistance Program), CSA payments, HUD and FmHA utility reimbursements. (P.L. 99-425).
f. Financial assistance from a program funded in whole or in part under Title IV of the Higher Education Act and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as amended. Exclude also any money incurred or issued through the U.S. Department of Education or received under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (P.L. 99-498 and 100-50).
g. Payments to certain U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident Japanese aliens and certain Aleuts, under the Wartime Relocation of Civilians Act (P.L. 100- 383).
h. Payments from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established for settlement of Agent Orange product liability litigation. (P.L. 101-201 and 101-239).
i. All compensation from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and amendments (P.L. 92-203 and 100-241).
j. Payments authorized under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended (P.L. 100- 707) and the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance amendments of 1988. The President must declare the disaster or emergency. This exclusion applies to federal payments and comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local governments and disaster assistance organizations. TRANSMITTAL #35