Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 2020.10 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Procedures- Determining Separate Units

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL _____________________________________________________________________________ Date: 10-1-2005 Transmittal: UP-05-12 2020.10 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Food Stamp Assistance Unit Requirements FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Who Must Be Included ______________________________________________________________________________

2020.10 The assistance unit must include certain individuals who are in the home, if they are not specifically excluded or ineligible to participate in the Food Stamp program.

A. Those who are related as follows must be included in the assistance unit, except when the child or adult is a foster child or foster adult:

1. a child under age 18 under the parental control of a member of the assistance unit;

2. a spouse of a member of the assistance unit including any who presents himself or herself as a spouse;

3. children ages 18 through 21 living with their parents.

B. All others who buy food and prepare meals together for home consumption must be included in the assistance unit except those adults who are under the foster care of a unit member.

C. A boarder who pays less than the equivalent of the Thrifty Food Plan for meals for the boarder group must be included in the assistance unit. The Thrifty Food Plan amounts are determined by the USDA and are revised annually.