An SSI recipient has $1,200 excluded from resources as set aside for burial as of
June 1987. The funds earn interest, which is allowed to accumulate as part of the
principal and is excluded from income and resources.
During the course of a redetermination initiated in September 1989, the CR determines
that the recipient's total resources, including burial funds, had dropped below the
applicable limit as of December 23, 1987. In March 1988, the recipient had a family
emergency and withdrew $500 of the excluded funds to pay the unexpected bills.