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