Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 372 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES AND SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Subchapter B - ELIGIBILITY
Division 6 - RESOURCES
Section 372.354 - Treatment of Resources in TANF

(1) the members of the certified group;

(2) each parent of a child in the certified group living in the household and ineligible or disqualified from receiving TANF benefits;

(3) each sibling of a dependent child in the certified group living in the household and disqualified from receiving TANF benefits; and

(4) the sponsors and the sponsors' spouses, for a household containing a sponsored alien.

(1) the value of one prepaid burial insurance policy or prepaid funeral plan per household member;

(2) one burial plot per household member;

(3) crime victim compensation funds;

(4) earned income tax credit payments to applicants the month of receipt and the following month, and to recipients the month of receipt and the following 11 months;

(5) the homestead and surrounding real property, including:

(6) resources HHSC determines are not accessible to the household, including:

(7) business property, including property retained for income-producing business purposes;

(8) vehicles used to transport a disabled household member and property used to maintain such vehicles;

(9) the cash value of all life insurance policies;

(10) funds from the earned income of a child as described in § 372.404(2) of this subchapter (relating to Countable and Excluded Income in TANF);

(11) personal possessions HHSC determines are essential for daily living, such as clothing, jewelry, furniture, livestock, and farm equipment;

(12) funds from a reimbursement intended for and actually used in the month of receipt to repair or replace a lost or damaged resource excluded under this section, but HHSC counts the funds from such a reimbursement, beginning in the month after receipt, to the extent the funds were not used as intended to repair or replace the lost or damaged resource;

(13) federal, state, or local government payments provided to rebuild a home or replace personal possessions damaged in a disaster, including payments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. § 5121, et seq.), if the recipient is subject to legal sanction if the payment is not used as intended;

(14) any resource federal law excludes;

(15) funds in a retirement account excluded under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(g);

(16) funds in an education account excluded under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(g);

(17) loans, if the circumstances satisfy HHSC that there exists an understanding the money will be repaid, and the applicant or recipient reasonably explains to HHSC how the money will be repaid;

(18) funds from educational assistance payments (but only during the quarter, semester, or applicable period the payment is intended to cover);

(19) the value of real property the household is making a good faith effort to sell at a reasonable price;

(20) funds excluded under §372.355(d) of this division (relating to Treatment of Resources in SNAP);

(21) funds excluded under § 372.404(25) of this subchapter;

(22) the fair market value of one automobile up to $4,650; and

(23) funds held in a school-based account or bond as described by § 28.0024 of the Texas Education Code and authorized by § 31.0039 of the Texas Human Resources Code.