5154-6       OTHER EXCLUSIONS

Monies retained from the following sources are also exempt as resources:

• Permanent Fund Dividends ( PFD Permanent Fund Dividend 's) or Food Stamp PFD Permanent Fund Dividend Hold Harmless payments issued to replace Food Stamps benefits;
   

• Receipt of bona fide loans;
   

• Restitution payments;
   

• Disaster relief funds (as specified in the Income section of this manual);
   

• Earnings from participation in the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYTEP) operated under the Workforce Investment Act ( WIA Workforce Investment Act Payments ) of 1998;
   

• Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation payments;
   

• Payments received from a fund established by a State to aid victims of crime; and

• A dedicated account for retroactive SSI Supplemental Security Income and RSDI payments. A dedicated account is an account set up with past due SSI Supplemental Security Income payments made on or after August 23, 1996 for SSI Supplemental Security Income recipients under the age of 18.  Funds in a dedicated account are not available to meet the daily basic needs of the recipient.  Use of the funds in the account is restricted to treatment, equipment, and accommodations related to the child’s disability.  Funds in a dedicated account are not a countable resource.  (For more information on dedicated accounts please see APA Adult Public Assistance MS Manual Section 432-4 A)

To maintain the exclusion, the retained portion of any such funds must be kept identifiable.  A separate bank account is the preferred method of maintaining identifiability, but is not mandatory.  An applicant or recipient may satisfy the requirement of identifiability by providing reasonable documentation of the amount retained.  Verification that monies on deposit are retained from bona fide loans, restitution payments, or disaster relief funds need not be done unless there is good reason to question the source of the funds.