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excluded and the remainder is included in annual income (for example, the income of an adult full-time student, or income excluded under the earned income disallowance). SAHA Policv SAHA will accept the family's self -certification as verification of fully excluded income. SAHA may request additional documentation if necessary to document the income source. SAHA will verify the source and amount of partially excluded income as described in Part 1 of this chapter. 7-III.I. ZERO ANNUAL INCOME STATUS SAHA Policv SAHA will require a self -certification statement of zero income from all adult family members that are not attending school or any type of training. For zero income families SAHA requires these families to undergo a file review every 90 days. 7-III.J. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Any financial assistance, in excess of amounts received for tuition, that a person attending an institution of higher education receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965, from private sources, or from an institution of higher education must be considered income unless the student is over the age of 23 with dependent children or is residing with parents who are seeking or receiving HCV assistance [24 CFR 5.609(b)(9) and FR 4/10/06]. For students over the age of 23 with dependent children or students residing with parents who are seeking or receiving HCV assistance, the full amount of student financial assistance is excluded from annual income [24 CFR 5.609(c)(6)]. The full amount of student financial assistance is also excluded for students attending schools that do not qualify as institutions of higher education (as defined in Exhibit 3-2). Excluded amounts are verified only if, without verification, SAHA would not be able to determine whether or to what extent the income is to be excluded (see section 7-III.H). SAHA Policv For a student subject to having a portion of his/her student financial assistance included in annual income in accordance with 24 CFR 5.609(b)(9), SAHA will request written third -party verification of both the source and the amount. Family -provided documents from the educational institution attended by the student will be requested, as well as documents generated by any other person or entity providing such assistance, as reported by the student. In addition, SAHA will request written verification of the student's tuition amount. 4-25