UPM 2010.10 - The Assistance Unit of One

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 6-1-92 Transmittal: UP-92-16 2010.10 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FMA Family Medical Assistance Unit Requirements ___________________________________________________________________ Subject: The Assistance Unit of One

2010.10 A. Some individuals, who meet all of the other eligibility requirements, are FMA assistance units of one. They include the following:

1. a child who is the only individual in a household for whom assistance is requested;

2. a child whose residence is an institution which has primary responsibility for care of the child;

3. the caretaker relative when the only dependent child receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI);

4. the dependent child with no eligible brothers or sisters in the home living with:

a. an ineligible non-parent caretaker relative; or

b. an excluded caretaker relative;

5. a dependent child who is a recipient of SSI based on disability;

6. a dependent child who receives federal, state, or local foster care payments;

7. a dependent child who receives adoption assistance when the child is not included in the AFDC assistance unit;

8. a non-parent caretaker relative (NPCR) who is not eligible as part of the AFDC assistance unit due to excess income. (Cross References: 2540.68, 5020.20)

B. Other individuals have the option of being assistance units of one or receiving assistance as members of larger eligible related units in the household. They include the following:

1. a dependent child who is not a sibling, such as a niece, nephew or grandchild of an AFDC caretaker relative;

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 4-1-87 Transmittal: UP-92-16 2010.10 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FMA Family Medical Assistance Unit Requirements ____________________________________________________________ Subject: The Assistance Unit of One ______________________________________________________________________________

2010.10 B. (continued)

2. a pregnant female who:

a. has no children of her own receiving assistance ; and

b. does not qualify as a dependent child; and

c. lives with other related eligible dependent children.