Appendix XXX, Income and Resource Exemptions for Determining Financial Eligibility

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Revision 17-8 Effective September 1, 2017

Income and Resource Exemptions

Exempt income is not included in the income eligibility calculation. Once identified and documented, caseworkers will not be required to monitor exempt income at subsequent financial redetermination. Sources of exempt income include:

(1) interest income.

(2) cash received from the sale of a resource. This cash is a resource, not income.

(3) income of minor children who are supported by or dependent upon the client.

(4) refunds from the Internal Revenue Service for earned income tax credit.

(5) reimbursement from an insurance company for health insurance claims.

(6) any cash from a non-governmental medical or social services organization if the cash is:

for medical or social services already received by the individual and approved by the organization, and which does not exceed the value of those services; or a payment restricted to the future purchase of a medical or social service.

(7) proceeds of either a commercial loan or an informal loan, for which repayment is required with or without interest. The proceeds (amount borrowed) are not counted as income in the month in which they are received, but are considered to be a resource in the following month(s). To claim exemption of the proceeds of a loan, a client must prove that he acknowledges an obligation to repay and that some plan for repayment exists. If these conditions can be verified, no written contract is required.

(8) the amount of the cost-of-living increase in any pension or benefit, received on or after January 1, 1985, that would cause the client to be ineligible for continued services. This exclusion applies only to community care clients who are already receiving services or case management and would become ineligible because of the increase. It does not apply to applicants.

(9) in-kind income, such as food, clothing, shelter, rent subsidies.

(10) one-time or lump-sum payments from any source.

(11) funds from the Transition to Life in the Community Program.

(12) payments from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund established in settlement of the Agent Orange product liability litigation. Public Law 101-239 exempts the payments from countable income and resources. The law is retroactive as of January 1, 1989.

(13) any payment received under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Public Law 101-246).

(14) any payment received under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.

(15) payments to volunteers under the Domestic Volunteer Services Act. This exclusion applies to any payments to volunteers in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and Foster Grandparent Program, and the Senior Companion Program. Also included are payments under Title III of the same act, which includes the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), the Active Corps of Executives (ACE), and the Action Cooperative Volunteer Program (ACV).

(16) interest or other earnings on any designated account established for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) clients under age 18 for retroactive benefits, as required by Public Law 104-193, effective August 22, 1996.

(17) payments by the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration authorized by the Disaster Relief Act, as amended.

(18) value of any housing assistance paid on a house under the United States Housing Act of 1937, the National Housing Act, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, §101, or Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as authorized by Public Law 94-375.

(19) home energy assistance, except food or clothing, under Public Laws 97-377 and 97-424. Home energy assistance is assistance in cash or in-kind that is provided by a private, nonprofit organization or a utility company. Some examples of home energy assistance are heating, cooling, weatherization, storm windows, and blankets.

(20) reparation payments received by Holocaust survivors from the Federal Republic of Germany. The payments may be made periodically or as a lump sum. The Texas Department of Human Services accepts the client's signed statement of amounts involved and dates of payment. Public Law 101-508 established this exemption effective January 1, 1991.

(21) payments from a state-administered fund to aid victims of crime. Public Law 101-508 established this exemption effective May 1, 1991.

(22) payments a state or local government may make as relocation assistance. Public Law 101-508 established this exemption effective October 15, 1990.

(23) hazardous duty pay of a spouse or parent absent from the home because of active military service.

(24) restitution payments made by the United States government under Public Law 100-383 to Japanese-American (or, if deceased, to their survivors) who were interned or relocated during World War II.

(25) reparation payments received under §§500-506 of the Austrian General Social Insurance Act.

(26) payments under the Netherlands' Act on Benefits for Victims of Persecution 1940-1945 (Dutch acronym, WUV).

(27) payment from any source made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution. Public Law 103-286 established this exemption effective August 1, 1994.

Emergency or Disaster Relief

Payments precipitated by an emergency or major disaster are not counted as income or resources when determining financial eligibility.
A major disaster is any natural catastrophe such as a hurricane or drought, or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood or explosion, which the President determines causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude.

An emergency is any occasion or instance for which the President determines that federal assistance is needed to supplant state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.

Disaster Unemployment Assistance is emergency assistance authorized under Public Law (P.L.) 100-107 and received by individuals who are unemployed as a result of a major disaster. Individuals receiving Disaster Unemployment Assistance are not eligible for other unemployment compensation and cannot receive both at the same time.

If precipitated by an emergency or a major disaster, do not consider the following as income:

Payments received under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-288, Section 312(d)), as amended by the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-707, Section 105(i)) and disaster assistance comparable to these payments provided by states, local governments and disaster assistance organizations
Payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Individual and Family Grant Assistance program (IFG), grants or loans by the Small Business Administration (SBA), voluntary disaster assistance organizations, such as the Red Cross, or private insurance payments for losses due to a major disaster such as flood, wind, land movement
Each payment made to farmers under the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-387) for crop losses or failure in a disaster
Income received from public and private organizations by individuals working in disaster relief efforts and funded under a National Emergency Grant by WIA, Title 1 (P.L.105-220)
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Payments for flood mitigation received by a homeowner under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended by P.L. 109-64
Government payments designated for the restoration of a home damaged in a disaster.

Additional Exemptions

Income from the following sources is exempt as income and as a resource and must not be considered in determining eligibility. Exempt the following payments:

Payments from the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund
Alaska longevity bonus
Payments from the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act (EEOICA) (Public Law 106-398, October 2000) for medical benefits and compensation
Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The value of assistance to children under the National School Lunch Act (60 Stat. 230, 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) as amended by Public Law 90-302 (82 Stat. 117, 42 U.S.C. 1761(h)(3))
Any grant or loan to any undergraduate student for educational purposes made or insured under any program administered by the commissioner of education, as provided by Section 507 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1968, Public Law 90-575 (82 Stat. 1063)
Incentive allowances received under Title I of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 849, 29 U.S.C. 821(a))
Compensation provided to volunteers by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), unless determined by the CNCS to constitute the minimum wage in effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), or applicable state law, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5044(f)(1)
Value of federally donated foods distributed pursuant to Section 32 of Public Law 74-320 or Section 416 of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 CFR 250.6(e)(9), as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 301)
All funds held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for an Indian tribe and distributed per capita to a member of that tribe under Public Law 98-64
Funds held by Alaska Native Regional and Village Corporations (ANRVC) are not held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior and therefore ANRVC dividend distributions are not excluded from resources under this exclusion.
Home energy assistance payments or allowances under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, as added by Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f))
Student financial assistance for attendance costs received from a program funded in whole or in part under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, or under Bureau of Indian Affairs student assistance programs if it is made available for tuition and fees normally assessed a student carrying the same academic workload, as determined by the institution, including:
- costs for rental or purchase of any equipment;
- materials or supplies required of all students in the same course of study; and
- an allowance for books, supplies, transportation and miscellaneous personal expenses for a student attending the institution on at least a half-time basis, as determined by the institution, under Section 14(27) of Public Law 100-50, the Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1987 (20 U.S.C. 1087uu), or under Bureau of Indian Affairs student assistance programs.
Amounts paid as restitution to certain individuals of Japanese ancestry and Aleuts under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act, Sections 105(f) and 206(d) of Public Law 100-383 (50 U.S.C. app. 1989 b and c)
Any matching funds and interest earned on matching funds from a demonstration project authorized by Public Law 105-285 that are retained in an Individual Development Account, pursuant to Section 415 of Public Law 105-285 (112 Stat. 2771)
Any earnings, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families matching funds, and accrued interest retained in an Individual Development Account, pursuant to Section 103 of Public Law 104-193 (42 U.S.C. 604(h)(4))
Payments made to individuals who were captured and interned by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as a result of participation in certain military operations, pursuant to Section 606 of Public Law 105-78 and Section 657 of Public Law 104-201 (110 Stat. 2584)
Payments made to the children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain birth defects, pursuant to Section 401 of Public Law 106-419 (38 U.S.C. 1833(c))
For the nine months following the month of receipt, any unspent portion of any refund of federal income taxes under Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the child care tax credit), pursuant to section 431 of Public Law 108-203 (118 Stat. 539)
Wages and salaries from Title V of the Older Americans Act, such as Green Thumb and the Senior Texan Employment Program (STEP), are not exempt income. See (15) in the section above.

In the income eligibility budget, do not count the hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay portion from military income. For the nine-month period following the month of receipt, exclude the unspent portion of any retroactive payment (see (23) above) of:

hostile fire and imminent danger pay (pursuant to 37 U.S.C. 310) received by the ineligible spouse or parent from one of the uniformed services; and
family separation allowance (pursuant to 37 U.S.C. 427) received by the ineligible spouse or parent from one of the uniformed services as a result of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone.

Other exemptions include:

Payments from the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation of Germany.
Interest or other earnings on any designated account established for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) individuals under age 18 for retroactive benefits, as required by Public Law 104-193, effective August 22, 1996.
Payments made in the class settlement of the Susan Walker vs. Bayer Corporation lawsuit, as required by Public Law 105-33, effective August 5, 1997.
Payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs made to or on behalf of certain Vietnam veterans' natural children regardless of their age or marital status, for any disability resulting from spina bifida suffered by such children as required by Public Law 104-204, effective October 1, 1997.
Gifts from tax-exempt organizations, such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to children with life-threatening conditions, as required by Public Law 105-306, effective retroactively to October 28, 1996. The exclusions apply to children under age 18. The gift must be from an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c). The case manager documents the case record with an oral or written statement from the organization that the gift was made based on the child having a life-threatening condition. No additional verification of medical eligibility is necessary.
The following gifts to or for the benefit of a child described above are excluded from income:
1. any in-kind gift, not converted to cash; and
2. a cash gift to the extent that the cash excluded under this provision does not exceed $2,000 in any calendar year. Cash in excess of $2,000 received in a calendar year is included in the income eligibility budget.
Payments for foster care of a child if the child:
1. is not eligible for SSI; and
2. was placed in the individual's home by a public or private, non-profit child-placement or child-care agency.
Benefits received under Title III, Public Law 100-175, which amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1988-1991.
Value of benefits provided under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

There are also a number of legislatively-mandated exemptions that apply to members of recognized Native American tribes.

§48.2908. Indian-related Exemptions.

(a) Type of payment. The following statutes provide that certain types of payments made to members of Indian tribes are exempt from income and resources as specified in paragraphs (1)-(4) of this subsection, or only from income as specified in paragraph (5) of this subsection.

(1) Indian Judgment Funds Distribution Act — Public Law 93-134. Effective October 19, 1973, per capita distribution payments to members of Indian tribes who are due judgment funds, according to a plan of the Secretary of the Interior (or legislation, when a plan cannot be prepared or is not approved by the Congress) are exempted from income and resources. This does not include payments of funds distributed or held in trust (i.e., in the possession or care of a trustee) according to public laws enacted before October 19, 1973.

(2) Distribution of Indian Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-458. Effective January 12, 1983, Indian judgment funds held in trust (i.e., in the possession or care of a trustee) or distributed per capita, pursuant to an approved plan, or their availability, are exempted from income and resources. Indian judgment funds include interest and investment income accrued while the funds are held in trust. Initial purchases made with distributed judgment funds are exempted from resources.

(3) Per Capita Act — Public Law 98-64.

(A) Effective August 2, 1983, per capita distributions of all funds held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior to members of an Indian tribe are exempted from income and resources.

(B) Any local tribal funds that a tribe distributes to individuals on a per capita basis, but which have not been held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior (e.g., tribally managed gaming revenues) are not exempted from income and resources under this provision.

(4) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) — Public Law 100-241.

(A) Effective February 3, 1988, the following items received from a native corporation are exempted from income and resources:

(i) cash received from a native corporation (including cash dividends on stock received from a native corporation) to the extent it does not exceed $2,000, per individual per 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 land or an interest in land received from a native corporation as a dividend or distribution on stock); and

(v) an interest in a settlement trust.

(B) The ANCSA also provides that up to $2,000 in retained distributions from a native corporation may be exempted from resources for each year beginning with 1988.

(5) Payments from Individual Interests in Trust or Restricted Lands — Public Law 103-66.

(A) Effective January 1, 1994, up to $2,000 per year received by Indians that is derived from individual interests in trust or restricted lands is exempted from income.

(B) Interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands are exempted from resources.

(b) Payments to specific Indian tribes and groups. The following statutes provide that certain payments made to members of specified Indian tribes and groups are exempt from income and resources.

(1) Distribution of Per Capita Funds — Public Law 85-794. Effective August 28, 1958, per capita payments to members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation are exempted from income and resources.

(2) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 92-254. Effective March 18, 1972, per capita distribution payments by the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre tribal governments to members, which resulted from judgment funds to the tribes, are exempted from income and resources.

(3) Distribution of Claims Settlement Funds — Public Law 93-531 and Public Law 96-305. Effective December 22, 1974, settlement fund payments to members of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes, and the availability of such funds, are exempted from income and resources.

(4) Receipts from Lands Held in Trust for Indian Tribes — Public Law 94-114.

(A) Effective October 17, 1975, receipts derived from the following trust lands and distributed to members of designated Indian tribes are exempted from income and resources.

(B) The first four Indian groups had lands conveyed with mineral rights prior to Public Law 94-114; that law conveyed the rest of the land to the remaining Indian groups.

(5) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 94-189. Effective December 31, 1975, judgment funds distributed per capita to, or held in trust for, members of the Sac and Fox Indian Nation, and the availability of such funds, are exempted from income and resources.

(6) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 94-540. Effective October 18, 1976, judgment funds distributed per capita to, or held in trust for, members of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians, and the availability of such funds, are exempted from income and resources.

(7) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 95-433. Effective October 10, 1978, any judgment funds distributed per capita to members of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation or the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation are exempted from income and resources.

(8) Receipts from Lands Held in Trust — Public Law 95-498. Effective October 21, 1978, receipts derived from trust lands awarded to the Pueblo of Santa Ana and distributed to members of that tribe are exempted from income and resources.

(9) Receipts from Lands Held in Trust — Public Law 95-499. Effective October 21, 1978, receipts derived from trust lands awarded to the Pueblo of Zia and distributed to members of that tribe are exempted from income and resources.

(10) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 96-318. Effective August 1, 1980, any judgment funds distributed per capita or made available for programs for members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the absentee Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma are exempted from income and resources.

(11) Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act — Public Law 96-420. Effective October 10, 1980, all funds and distributions to members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act, and the availability of such funds, are exempted from income and resources.

(12) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-95. Effective December 17, 1981, any distributions of judgment funds to members of the San Carlos Tribe of Arizona are exempted from income and resources.

(13) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-371. Effective December 20, 1982, any distributions of judgment funds to members of the Wyandot Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma are exempted from income and resources.

(14) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-372. Effective December 20, 1982, distributions of judgment funds to members of the Shawnee Tribe of Indians (Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Band of Shawnee descendants) are exempted from income and resources.

(15) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-376. Effective December 21, 1982, judgment funds distributed per capita or made available for programs for members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the Miami Indians of Indiana are exempted from income and resources.

(16) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-402. Effective December 31, 1982, distributions of judgment funds to members of the Clallam Tribe of Indians of the State of Washington (Port Gamble Indian Community, Lower Elwha Tribal Community, and the Jamestown Band of Clallam Indians) are exempted from income and resources.

(17) Distribution of Judgment of Funds — Public Law 97-403. Effective December 31, 1982, judgment funds distributed per capita or made available for programs for members of the Pembina Chippewa Indians (Turtle Mountain Band, Chippewa Cree Tribe, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians of Montana) are exempted from income and resources.

(18) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-408. Effective January 3, 1983, per capita distributions of judgment funds to members of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of Fort Belknap Indian Community, and the Papago Tribe of Arizona, are exempted from income and resources.

(19) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 97-436. Effective January 8, 1983, up to $2,000 of per capita distributions of judgment funds to members of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation are exempted from income and resources.

(20) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 98-123. Effective October 13, 1983, judgment funds distributed to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians are exempted from income and resources.

(21) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 98-124. Effective October 13, 1983, funds distributed per capita or family interest payments for members of the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana and the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation of Montana are exempted from income and resources.

(22) Distribution of Claims Settlement Funds — Public Law 98-432. Effective September 28, 1984, judgment funds and income therefrom distributed to members of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe are exempted from income and resources.

(23) Distribution of Claims Settlement Funds — Public Law 98-500. Effective October 19, 1984, all distributions to heirs of certain deceased Indians under the Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act are exempted from income and resources.

(24) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 98-602. Effective October 30, 1984, judgment funds distributed per capita or made available for any tribal program, for members of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma and the Absentee Wyandottes, are exempted from income and resources.

(25) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 99-130. Effective October 28, 1985, per capita and dividend payment distributions of judgment funds to members of the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, and the Prairie Island Sioux, Lower Sioux, and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Communities of Minnesota are exempted from income and resources.

(26) Distribution of Judgment funds — Public Law 99-146. Effective November 11, 1985, funds distributed per capita or held in trust for members of the Chippewas of Lake Superior and the Chippewas of the Mississippi are exempted from income and resources.

(27) Distribution of Claims Settlement Funds — Public Law 99-264. Effective March 24, 1986, distributions of claims settlement funds to members of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians as allottees, or their heirs, are exempted from income and resources.

(28) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 99-346. Effective June 30, 1986, payments or distributions of judgment funds, and the availability of any amount for such payments or distributions, to members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan are exempted from income and resources.

(29) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 99-377. Effective August 8, 1986, judgment funds distributed per capita or held in trust for members of the Chippewas of Lake Superior and the Chippewas of the Mississippi are exempted from income and resources.

(30) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 100-139. Effective October 26, 1987, judgment funds distributed to members of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians are exempted from income and resources.

(31) Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act — Public Law 100-383. Effective August 10, 1988, per capita restitution payments made to eligible Aleuts who were relocated or interned during World War II are exempted from income and resources.

(32) Distribution of Claims Settlement Funds — Public Law 100-411. Effective August 22, 1988, per capita payments of claims settlement funds to members of the Coushatta Tribe of are exempted from income and resources.

(33) Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act — Public Law 100-580. Effective October 31, 1988, funds distributed per capita for members of the Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe and the Yurok Indian Tribe are exempted from income and resources.

(34) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 100-581. Effective November 1, 1988, judgment funds held in trust by the United States, including interest and investment income accruing on such funds, and judgment funds made available for programs or distributed to members of the Wisconsin Band of Potawatomi (Hannahville Indians Community and Forest County Potawatomi) are exempted from income and resources.

(35) Distribution of Money and Land — Public Law 101-41. Effective June 21, 1989, all funds, assets, and income from the trust fund transferred to the members of the Puyallup Tribe under the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989 are exempted from income and resources.

(36) Distribution of Judgment Funds — Public Law 101-277. Effective April 30, 1990, judgment funds distributed per capita, or held in trust, or made available for programs, for members of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and the independent Seminole Indians of Florida, (plus any interest and investment income accruing on the funds held in trust), and the availability of those funds, are exempted from income and resources.

(37) Distribution of Settlement Funds — Public Law 101-503. Effective November 3, 1990, payments, funds, distributions, or income derived from them under the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 are exempted from income and resources.

(38) Distribution of Settlement Funds — Public Law 101-618. Effective November 16, 1990, per capita distributions of settlement funds under the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 are exempted from income and resources.

(39) Distribution of Settlement Funds — Public Law 103-116. Settlement funds, assets, income, payments or distributions from trust funds to members of the Catawba Indian Tribe under the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 are exempted from income and resources.

(40) Distribution of Settlement Funds — Public Law 103-436. Effective November 2, 1994, settlement funds held in trust, including interest and investment income accruing on such funds, and payments made to members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation under the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act are exempted from income and resources.

If the total resources are not within $100 of the eligibility limit, no additional documentation is required in order for payments and benefits to be excluded from resources. If total resources are within $100 of the eligibility limit, then additional verification documentation of the funds is required in order for the payments and benefits to be excluded.