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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 1000

1633 Verification of Separate Household Status SNAP Manual 10/01/97 Individuals who wish to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in a household separate from others with whom they live are responsible for establishing that they are a separate household. The worker may require collateral contacts or a home visit if the household’s claim is questionable. Aged individuals who cannot purchase and prepare their own meals due to a disability (SNAP 1630) must verify the income of the other people with whom they live. Also, the individual must provide verification from a physician or a licensed or certified psychologist that he or she is not able to purchase and prepare their own meals if the disability is not obvious. Disabilities considered obvious must be fully documented in the case record.

1640 Foster Care SNAP Manual 12/01/00 A child or an adult placed in a foster care facility by a Federal, State or local governmental foster care program cannot be required to be considered a member of a SNAP household. The household that provides the foster care may elect to consider the person in foster care to be a boarder or to include the person as a household member. See SNAP 5708 for additional information. If the person in foster care is to be considered a boarder, the foster care payment will be excluded entirely. If the person is to be considered a household member, the entire payment will be counted as income. This policy does not extend to adults placed in foster care either through for-profit or non-profit private agencies. The existing policies in SNAP 1624 or SNAP 1630 will apply to these individuals. Children “taken in” by neighbors, friends or relatives without formal placement by a governmental agency will be considered household members if they meet other eligibility requirements.