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Second World War; 15. Vermont and Federal earned income tax credits (EITC), whether received with each paycheck or as a refund following the end of the tax year, are excluded for a period of 12 months from receipt. 16. Vermont and Federal Child Tax Credits are excluded for a period of 12 months from receipt; 17. Payments made from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established because of the Agent Orange product liability litigation, retroactive to January 1, 1989; 18. The value of assets accumulated from the subsidized or unsubsidized earnings of adults and children in participating Reach Up households is excluded for the purposes of determining continued eligibility; i. Interest earned on excluded assets is also excluded. ii. Nonliquid assets, purchased with savings from earnings or with a combination of savings from earnings and other excluded income or resources, such as SSI/AABD retroactive benefits or federal earned income tax credit lump sum income, are excluded. iii. Liquid assets excluded under this policy must be kept in a separate bank account from other liquid assets, unless to do so would create a hardship. A. A hardship exists when there is no bank within a reasonable distance from the earner’s residence or place of work that allows a bank account without charging fees. iv. If a Reach Up household reapplies for benefits after benefits are terminated, assets accumulated during the time the household was not participating in Reach Up are excluded, provided that all other criteria specified for exclusion are met. 19. Payments made pursuant to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101-426); 20. Payments made under Indian Trust Funds Acts (Public Laws 97-458 and 98-64) and initial purchases made with such funds by the original recipient of the funds;

21. Interest held in a trust or in restricted lands under the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act, as amended; 22. Distributions made under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (as amended) as follows: i. Cash, including cash dividends on stock received from a Native Corporation to the extent that it does not, in the aggregate, exceed $2000 per individual per calendar year; ii. Stock, including stock issued or distributed by a Native Corporation as a dividend or distribution on stock; iii. A partnership interest; iv. Land or an interest in land, including those received from a Native Corporation as a dividend or distribution on stock; or v. An interest in a settlement trust. 23. Payments made pursuant to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 to a member of the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, or the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; 24. Payments made to a member of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs pursuant to the Aroostook Band of