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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 1000

1624 Determining if a Household Member is a Boarder SNAP Manual 02/01/20 Boarders may not participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A boarder is defined as an individual or a group of individuals to whom a household furnishes lodging and meals for a reasonable monthly payment. The following individuals may not be designated by a household as a boarder: 1. A spouse of a household member. See the Glossary for an explanation of a spouse. 2. Children aged 21 and younger who are under the parental control of a household member. See the Glossary for an explanation of parental control. Boarders must make a reasonable monthly payment. (See SNAP 1624.1 for determination of a reasonable monthly payment.) If a boarder does not make a reasonable monthly payment, he or she will be included as a household member and all of his or her income and resources will be counted in the SNAP budget. When the boarder is considered a household member, the actual boarder payment will not be shown as income. If the individual does make a reasonable monthly payment, the payment will be considered self-employment income. See SNAP 5621 for procedures on handling income from boarders. The SNAP household may elect to include boarders as household members. If a boarder is added to the SNAP household, all of the boarder’s income and resources will be counted in the budget. The boarder payment will not be counted as income. 1624.1 Reasonable Monthly Payment SNAP Manual 02/01/20 A reasonable monthly payment for a boarder is either of the following: 1. An amount which equals or exceeds the maximum SNAP benefit amount for the boarder’s household size if the boarder’s household normally consumes more than two meals per day in the SNAP household; or 2. An amount which equals or exceeds two-thirds of the maximum SNAP benefit amount for the boarder’s household size if the boarder normally consumes two or less meals per day in the SNAP household.

All arrangements for the monthly boarder payment to the SNAP household will be made between the boarder household and the SNAP household.