63-409 INCOME AND RESOURCE MAXIMUMS 63-409

.1 Requirements for Participation

Except for categorically eligible households, as specified in Sections 63-301.6, .7, and .82, only those households with income and resources which do not exceed the maximum income and resource eligibility standards shall be eligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program. The maximum income and resource eligibility standards are promulgated and updated by the USDA, and contained in tables reproduced in Handbook Section 63-1101.

.11 Maximum Income Eligibility Standards

CWDs shall implement the updated maximum income eligibility standards upon their effective date(s). Refer to Handbook Section 63-1101 for the most recent maximum eligibility income standards and their effective date(s).

.111 Maximum Gross Income and Net Income Eligibility Standards

The CWD shall determine the eligibility of all households, except as specified in Sections 63-409.112, and 63-301.7, based first on the maximum gross income. If the household is not eligible under this test the application shall be denied. If the household is gross income eligible then the net income eligibility standards reproduced in Handbook Section 63-1101 shall be applied and appropriate denial or approval shall be made. These eligibility determinations shall be made in accordance with Section 63-503.321.

.112 Maximum Net Income Eligibility Standards

The CWD shall determine the eligibility of households with a member who is elderly or disabled [as define in Section 63-102(e)] based on the maximum net income eligibility standards reproduced in Handbook Section 63-1101. These standards shall apply if a household contains a member who is 59 years old on the date of application but who will become 60 before the end of the month of application. This eligibility determination shall be made in accordance with Sections 63-503.322 or .323, as appropriate.

.12 Maximum Resource Eligibility Standards

Except for categorically eligible households, the CWD shall deny participation in the Food Stamp Program to any household whose nonexempt resources determined in accordance with Section 63-501, exceed the appropriate maximum resource eligibility standards specified in federal regulations 7 CFR 273.8(b), and reproduced in Handbook Sections 63-1101.11 and .12.

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.121 For all households, except as provided in Section 63-409.122, the resource limit shall be the amount specified in Handbook Section 63-1101.12.

.122 For any household which includes at least one elderly or disabled member, the resource limit shall be the amount specified in Handbook Section 63-1101.11.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10554 and 18904, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: 7 CFR 273.2(j)(4); and Section 4107, Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002, P.L. 170-171 [7USC 2014(g)].