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The following individuals residing with a household shall not be considered household members in determining the household's eligibility or allotment, unless otherwise stated: A. Persons aged sixty (60) and older experiencing a disability who live with others whose income does not exceed 165% Federal Poverty Level (FPL). 1. Persons aged sixty (60) and older who are also persons with disabilities who are unable to purchase and prepare their own meals and are residing with other individuals whose income does not exceed 165% of the FPL can be in a separate household. 2. When applying the 165% limit test, a person aged sixty (60) and older with disabilities’ spouse is not to be considered a member of the household unless the spouse is the person purchasing and preparing meals. If the spouse is not a member of the household, the spouse’s income and resources are excluded in calculating the household’s eligibility. B. Foster children 1. If a foster parent chooses not to include a foster child in their SNAP household, the foster child not included will not have their income, resources/assets, or needs included in the eligibility determination for the SNAP household. 2. If the foster parent chooses to include the foster child in their SNAP household, the foster child's income, and resources/assets, as well as their needs, are considered in the eligibility determination. 3. The foster child, including a child and/or spouse of the foster child, may not apply for benefits separately from the foster family unless they are over eighteen (18) and no longer under the parental control of the foster parents. C. Boarders 1. Boarders are only considered members of a client’s SNAP household if the household requests that they be considered household members. 2. If a boarder is not considered a SNAP household member, the boarder’s income and resources shall not be considered available to the household. A. The amount of payment that a boarder gives to a household for lodging and meals shall be treated as self-employment income to the SNAP household. 3. If the SNAP household requests to include the boarder as a household member, the boarder's income and resources/assets shall be considered available to the SNAP household and used in determining eligibility and allotment. 4. Persons who only work and provide no monetary compensation in exchange for meals or who make payments to a third party on the household’s behalf in exchange for meals would not be classified as boarders. 5. Boarder status shall not be granted to individuals paying less than a reasonable monthly payment for meals. An individual not paying a reasonable monthly payment for meals will be considered a member of the household which provides the meals and lodging. A. A reasonable monthly payment is one of the following: 1) Boarders, whose board arrangement is for more than two (2) meals per day, shall pay an amount that equals or exceeds the maximum SNAP allotment for the number of persons in the boarder SNAP household. 2) Boarders, whose board arrangement is for two (2) meals or fewer per day, shall pay an amount that equals or exceeds two-thirds of the maximum allotment for the number of persons in the boarder household. B. When the boarder's payments for a room are distinguishable from their payments for meals, only the amount paid for meals will be considered in determining if reasonable compensation is being paid for meals.