Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 2005.35 AFDC Assistance Unit Requirements - Three Generation Household

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 11-22-93 Transmittal: UP-93-42 2005.35 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC AFDC Assistance Unit Requirements __________________________________________________________ Subject: Three Generation Household ______________________________________________________________________________

2005.35 A. General Principles

In a three generation household there may be one or two separate assistance units depending on which members are requesting assistance and which members of the middle generation qualify as dependent children by meeting the age and deprivation requirements due to death, absence, incapacity, or unemployment (Cross Reference 2525.10 and 2510).

B. Determining Assistance Unit Members

In determining which members of a three generation household are mandatory inclusions in the AFDC assistance unit, the following apply:

1. The primary member of the assistance unit is the dependent child or children for whom assistance is requested or received.

2. All of the mandatory inclusions and exclusions requirements apply to households consisting of three generations (Cross Reference 2005.10 and 2005.20).

3. Individuals must meet all of the other categorical, technical and procedural eligibility factors in order to be included in the assistance unit.

4. A household cannot contain two assistance units if any individual is a mandatory inclusion in both assistance units.

C. Treatment of the Grandparent

When the middle generation parent applies for assistance for his or her child, the following rules apply:

1. The grandparent is excluded from the assistance unit when:

a. neither the middle generation parent nor his or her siblings are dependent children; and

b. the grandparent is not the caretaker relative of his or her grandchild; and

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 11-22-93 Transmittal: UP-93-42 2005.35 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC AFDC Assistance Unit Requirements __________________________________________________________ Subject: Three Generation Household ______________________________________________________________________________

2005.35 C. Treatment of the Grandparent (continued)

c. the grandparent is not requesting or receiving assistance for the middle generation parent or for children who are:

(1) siblings of the middle generation parent; and

(2) qualify as dependent children.

2. The grandparent is included in the assistance unit as an optional inclusion when:

a. the middle generation parent is included as an adult; and

b. the grandparent is determined to be a needy caretaker relative of the middle generation parent's child.

3. The grandparent is included in the assistance unit as a mandatory inclusion when:

a. the middle generation parent is a dependent child; and

b. the grandparent requests or receives assistance for the middle generation parent or for children who are:

(1) siblings of the middle generation parent; and

(2) qualify as dependent children.

4. The grandparent, along with all other family members for whom AFDC is requested or received, is included in a unit separate from the middle generation parent and his or her child when:

a. the middle generation parent is not a dependent child; and

b. the grandparent is not the caretaker relative of the middle generation parent's child.