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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL –SECTION 4000 4300 Resource Eligibility Standards 4310 Uniform Resource Standards 4300 Resource Eligibility Standards SNAP Manual 07/01/2025 A household’s eligibility will be denied or terminated when the value of the household’s countable resources (both liquid and non-liquid assets) exceeds the limit for all households regardless of household size, including households with an individual with disabilities (see glossary definition of sixty (60) years of age or older individuals with disabilities households). The household is classified as categorically eligible if all household members receive SSI benefits or a combination of TANF and SSI. A combined household of SSI recipients and non- SSI recipients cannot be classified as categorically eligible. However, the individual household members who receive SSI benefits are categorically eligible. This means that any resources owned solely by an SSI recipient are not to be counted when the household’s total resources are determined, but all resources owned by the other household members are to be counted. If the resources owned by household members, who do not receive SSI, exceed the resource limit, then the entire household (including the SSI recipient) is ineligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Co-owned resources will not automatically be excluded under this policy. Instead, the resource will be handled in the same manner as any other jointly owned resource. Please see Appendix D for current resource limits for Regular and Age/Disabled households. Broad Based Categorically Eligibility applies to all SNAP households that receive a non-cash TANF or Maintenance of Effort benefit (See Appendix AA for BBCE information). This allows the resource limit for all households to be increased (See Appendix D). This increase is permitted for a twelve (12) month period and can only be granted once every five (5) years. After the twelve (12) month period has been exhausted the standard resource amounts will apply. 4310 Uniform Resource Standards SNAP Manual 08/01/98 Resource standards are uniformly applied to all households except those in which all members are recipients of TEA and/or SSI. Except for categorically eligible households, all resources currently held by the household and all resources anticipated to be received during the certification period must be reported at the time of the interview.