Application Filing by Ineligible Individuals
The ineligibility of certain individuals for SNAP benefits will not prohibit the remaining household members from applying for and receiving SNAP. Ineligible individuals living in an applicant household shall not be considered eligible household members for SNAP purposes; however, the ineligible individual’s income and resources are considered in the household’s eligibility determination and benefit allotment. When the eligible members of a household are all unemancipated minors and the only adult is an ineligible individual, the ineligible individual may apply on behalf of the eligible minors without being considered as having applied for themself. However, if there is any other eligible adult in the household, even though they would not normally be considered the head of household, that eligible person should file an application as the head of household.