Treatment of Income and Resources of Other Non-Household Members
A. For those non-household members that have not been disqualified, such as live-in attendants and ineligible students, the income and resources of the non-household member shall not be considered available to the household. Cash payments from the non-household member to the household will be considered as income to the household. Vendor payments, as defined in Sections 4.405, H and 4.405, I, shall be excluded as income. Except for the mandatory telephone allowance, if the household shares deductible expenses with the non-household member, only the amount actually paid or contributed by the household shall be deducted as a household expense. If the payments or contributions cannot be differentiated, the expenses shall be prorated evenly among persons actually paying or contributing to the expenses and only the household's pro rata share deducted. If an ineligible non-citizen is also an ineligible student and purchases and prepares food with the household, the individual’s income shall be prorated under the ineligible non-citizen provisions. B. When the earned income of one or more household members and the earned income of a non- household member are combined into one wage, the income of the household members shall be determined as follows: 1. If the household's share can be identified, the local office shall count that portion due to the household as earned income. 2. If the household's share cannot be identified, the local office shall prorate the earned income among all those whom it was intended to cover and count that prorated portion to the household. C. A person who is an ineligible student for SNAP purposes shall be treated as a non-household member. The other members of a household containing the ineligible student may be certified. The income and resources of the ineligible student shall not be considered available to the other household members for determining the household's income resources and deductions nor shall the student be considered in determining the household's allotment.