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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES D-SNAP

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b. Determine the household's accessible liquid resources as of the date of application.

All liquid resources that the household can access must be counted. They include, but are not limited to, cash on hand, money in checking, savings, and credit union accounts, Christmas or Vacation Club accounts, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts.

Jointly held resources between married persons belong to each party equally. Jointly held resources between other people belong to the parties in proportion to their net contributions. If the parties establish that they intended a different ownership arrangement, that arrangement prevails.

Example

A daughter is listed on her elderly mother’s bank account. The daughter and her mother say the money belongs to the mother. The account is not a countable resource to the daughter.

Individual Retirement Accounts, stocks, bonds and Keogh plans are not counted.

Do not count the same money as income and a resource for the same month.

Example

A client’s paycheck is deposited directly in a checking account. Count the paycheck as income but deduct that amount from the resource balance.

c. To be eligible for benefits, households’ income and accessible liquid resources must be below the allowable levels.

For households with $100 or more in unreimbursed disaster-related expenses use Chart A. The income levels in Chart A incorporates the Disaster Standard Expense Deduction (DSED). Households whose total income plus accessible liquid resources that are less than or equal to the levels in Chart A would qualify for D- SNAP.

For households with $100 or less in unreimbursed disaster-related expenses, or food loss is the only expense use Chart B. The income levels in Chart B does not incorporates the Disaster Standard Expense Deduction (DSED). Households whose total income plus its accessible liquid resources minus their actual disaster- related expenses must be less than or equal to the levels in Chart B to qualify for D- SNAP.

If the household’s income is at or below the limit for its size, the household is eligible for the benefit shown:

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