Wash. Admin. Code § 388-450-0065 - Gifts - Cash and noncash
A gift is an item furnished to a client without work or cost on his or her part.
(1) A cash gift is
a gift that is furnished as money, cash, checks or any other readily negotiable
form.
(a) For cash assistance , cash gifts
totaling no more than thirty dollars per calendar quarter for each assistance
unit member are disregarded as income.
(b) For food assistance programs:
(i) Cash gifts to the assistance unit are
excluded if they total thirty dollars or less per quarter;
(ii) Cash gifts in excess of thirty dollars
per quarter are counted in full as unearned income.
(2) For cash assistance and food
assistance, a noncash gift is treated as a resource.
(a) If the gift is a countable resource, its
value is added to the value of the client's existing countable resources and
the client's eligibility is redetermined as specified in chapter 388-470
WAC.
(b) If the gift is an excluded
or noncountable resource, it does not affect the client's eligibility or
benefit level.
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