TO:	  Commissioners; TA & FS Directors; WMS Coordinators; CAP Coordinators

FROM:	Patricia A, Stevens, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Temporary Assistance

SUBJECT:	Additional Food Stamp Resource Exclusion

EFFECTIVE DATE:	October 1, 2002

CONTACT PERSON:	FS Questions - Eastern Regional Team (518) 473-1469

Districts were advised, in 02 ADM-7, of resources that will be excluded from consideration in determining eligibility for food stamp benefits effective October 1, 2002.  The following resource exclusion was inadvertently omitted from that list:

Effective October 1, 2002, districts also must exclude funds and agreements for burial services and headstones, not to exceed $1500 per food stamp household member.  

Districts are reminded that burial plots already were excluded for food stamps, and funds held in irrevocable trusts or agreements continue to be excluded as inaccessible resources.