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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 9000 9600 Destitute Households Destitute Households

9600 Destitute Households

SNAP Manual 04/01/2022 Destitute households are migrant or seasonal farmworker households that have little or no income at the time of application. A migrant is an individual who travels away from home on a regular basis with a group of laborers to seek employment in an agriculturally related activity. A seasonal farmworker is an individual who travels away from home on a regular basis to seek employment in an agriculturally related activity. Even though a destitute household may receive income at some other time during the month of application, household members may be in immediate need of food assistance. There are three income-related criteria under which migrant or seasonal farmworker households may be considered destitute. 1. The household’s only income for the month of application is from a new source and no more than twenty-five dollars ($25) from the new source will be received by the tenth calendar day after the date of application. Income normally received on a monthly or more frequent basis is considered to be from a new source if less than twenty-five dollars ($25) was received from that source in the thirty (30) days prior to the date of application. Example: A migrant farmworker applies for SNAP benefits on July 15. He reports that he last worked picking tomatoes on June 16 and received fifteen dollars ($15) in wages for that day’s work. He expects to go back to work for the same grower picking okra on July 25. This income is considered to be from a new source. Income normally received less often than monthly is considered to be from a new source if less than twenty-five dollars ($25) was received at the last normal pay interval. 2. The household’s only income for the month of application was received prior to the date of application from a terminated source. Income received on a monthly or more frequent basis is considered to be from a terminated source when no more income will be received from that source during the month of application or the following month.