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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 17000 2B17300 The Application Process 13B17351 Household Information

17351 Household Information SNAP Manual 09/01/06 The SNAP household will include those members who are living and eating together during the disaster benefits period. The SNAP household WILL NOT include members of any household with whom the applicants are temporarily staying during the disaster. The citizenship and alien status provisions of the regular SNAP WILL NOT apply during a DSANP. The eligible student provisions of the regular SNAP WILL NOT apply during a DSNAP. Failure to provide the social security number of household members WILL NOT result in a disqualification in a DSNAP. The work registration and/or work requirements of the regular SNAP WILL NOT apply during a DSNAP. (Sanctions imposed for work registration violations WILL NOT apply to DSNAP applicants.) Household members who are disqualified from the regular SNAP for an IPV or a felony drug conviction may participate in a DSNAP. However, if an individual is found to have committed an IPV in a DSNAP, he or she WILL be disqualified from participating in the regular SNAP.

17352 Income and Resource Test SNAP Manual 09/01/06 The household’s take home pay for the designated disaster period added to the household’s accessible cash resources (case on hand and accessible funds in checking and savings accounts) must be less than or equal to the maximum income limits for the household size after disaster related expenses are deducted.

17353 Income SNAP Manual 09/01/06 Only income that the household has received or can reasonably expect to receive during the disaster period will be considered. Income will include the following: • Take Home Pay-Wages received by a household member after taxes or other deductions are withheld.