Policy                                                            Issuance Number: FSC 02-01

Food Stamp Certification Manual          Issuance Date: 01/01/02

From: Joni Jones, Director                     Expiration Date: Until Superseded

Subj: 2002 COLA / Income and Resource Exclusion Updates

1. FSC 1621.3 – For the purpose of determining qualifying quarters of work, the definition of a spouse will no longer include a common-law spouse.
2. FSC 4450 – This section has been updated.

Item 1- This item has been rewritten.

Item 2 – Additional exclusions for Indian tribes have been added.

Item 4 – Old item 4, which stated the exclusion for payments made under the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 has been deleted. (See item 8 for the current disaster asssistance exclusions.) All the following items were renumbered. The new item 4 provides new information about the exclusion of HEAP payments.

Items 8 and 9 – These items have been combined into one item. This is now item 8.

Item 11 – Information has been added about the exclusion of coupons redeemable at farmer’s markets.

Item 17 – This is a new item. It provides information about the exclusion of funds under P.L. 99-576.

Item 18 – This is a new item. It provides information about the exclusion of funds set aside in individual development accounts.

3. FSC 5405 – This section has been updated.

Item 3 – Information has been added about additional organizations that receive title V funds.

Item 4 – Information has been added about the exclusion of HEAP payments.

Item 7 – Additional exclusions for Indian tribes have been added.

Item 8 & 10 – These two items, which provided information about exclusions authorized under the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 and the Drought Relief Act of 1988 have been deleted. (See item 14 for disaster payment exclusions.) All the following items were renumbered.

Item 12 – Old items 14, 15, and 16 have been combined into a new item 12.

Item 16 – Additional information has been added about the programs authorized under the

4. Appendix D – The SSA-SSI and Medicare premium amounts for 2002 now appear.
5. Appendix Q – The increment amounts for the years 1999 to 2002 have been added.
6. Appendix Q – The address has changed, and the telephone numbers have changed
7. Appendix Q – The address has changed.
8. Appendix Q – The increment amounts for the years 2000 and 2001 have been added.

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