Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 20 - Division of County Operations › Rule 016.20.01-007 - FSC 01-04: Vehicle Exclusion - To change the policy for determining the countable resource value of a vehicle in the Food Stamp Program, under the new policy one vehicle per household will be excluded as a resource.

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
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Summary
For the purpose of determining eligibility for the Food Stamp
				Program, resources are defined as assets available to the household such as
				money in bank accounts, certificates of deposit, stocks, bonds, land or houses
				that the household could sell. Vehicles are also considered to be
				resources.
Some assets are totally excluded from consideration as
				resources. Other assets are considered inaccessible if the household can
				demonstrate that the asset is not available and will not likely become
				available.
Households may not transfer resources to become eligible or
				remain eligible for food stamp benefits.
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When Resources are
			 Determined
At initial application and at application for recertification,
				resources are determined at the time of the interview. If the household's
				countable resources exceed the limits at the time of the interview. the
				application will be denied. The household may reapply at any time. When the
				household reapplies, resources will be re-determined at the time of the next
				interview. See FSC 12230 for handling reported changes in resources.
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Resource
			 Eligibility Standards
A household's eligibility will be denied or terminated when the
				value of the household's countable resources (both liquid and non-liquid
				assets) exceed the following:
* $3,000 for all households with an aged member regardless of
				household size OR
* $2,000 for all other households
Exception: Households that are categorically eligible as
				defined in the
Glossary
do not have to meet the resource
				limits as provided in this section.
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Uniform Resource
			 Standards
Resource standards are uniformly applied to all households
				except those in which all members are recipients of TEA and/or SSL Except for
				categorically eligible households, all resources currently held by the
				household and all resources anticipated to be received during the certification
				period must be reported at the time of the interview.
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Excluded
			 Resources
A general list of excluded resources is provided below. Each
				excluded resource is explained in detail in the sections of policy immediately
				following.
* The household's home and lot (FSC 4410)
* Household and personal goods (FSC 4420)
* Life Insurance policies and pension funds (FSC 4420)
* Certain vehicles (FSC 4840)
* Property essential for the maintenance or use of certain
				excluded vehicles (FSC 4430)
* Income producing property(FSC 4440)
* Payments that are excluded as a resource by law (FSC
				4450)
* Resources owned by a SSI recipient in a mixed household (FSC
				4451)
* Resources owned by the members of a categorically eligible
				household (FSC 4451)
* Earmarked resources (FSC 4460)
* Indian lands and certain payments to Indians (FSC
				4460)
* Burial lots, limited to one per household member (FSC
				4460)
* Prepaid burial plans to the extent that the funds in such a
				plan are inaccessible (FSC 4602)
* Inaccessible resources (FSC 4500)
The resource exclusions in FSC 4410-4580 apply to all eligible
				household members, ineligible aliens, and disqualified household
				members:
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Home and Lot
The home and lot is the household's residence and any
				surrounding property not separated from the residence by intervening property
				owned by others. Rights-of-way, such as roads that run through the property
				surrounding the home, do not affect the exemption. Other structures on the
				homestead will be evaluated to determine if they can be excluded as described
				here.
If the other structure is a house (or mobile home) that is
				habitable (has indoor plumbing facilities, running water and is livable), then
				the house (not the land on which it sits) will be counted as a resource
				provided it is not income producing. If the utility company has turned off the
				water, the house will be considered as having "running water".
If the other structure is a building that is not a traditional
				house, it will be considered as an excluded resource - i.e., tool-sheds,
				corncribs, woodsheds, barns, etc.
If these structures produce income (i.e. rental payments), this
income
is not
excluded
, and
				is treated in accordance with FSC 5715.
The residence and surrounding property remain excluded when
				temporarily unoccupied for the following reasons:
* Employment
* Training for future employment
* Illness of a household member
* Inhabitability caused by casualty or natural disaster, if the
				household plans to return to the residence
A household that does not currently own a home receives an
				exclusion if:
a) the household owns or
			 is purchasing a lot on which they intend to build or are building a home, and
b) they plan to reside in the home.
			 The exclusion applies to the value of the lot and home if partially completed.
			 There is no limit to the partial completion of the home. There is no limit to
			 the size of the lot if the lot is not separated by intervening property owned
			 by others, nor are there any limits to the period of time in the future when
			 the household plans to build the home.
Verification of the value of the home and lot must be obtained
				if the information given by the household about the home and lot affects
				eligibility and is questionable. All circumstances surrounding this decision
				must be documented.