UPM P-2020.05 - Determining the Basic Food Stamp Unit

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 8-1-95 Transmittal: UP-95-21 P-2020.05 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Food Stamp Procedures FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Determining the Basic Food Stamp Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

P-2020.05 1. Start with the individuals for whom Food Stamps are requested.

2. Question if there are others living in the household.

3. Consider all of the individuals who live in the same household as potential members of one assistance unit.

4. Disregard any individuals who are specifically excluded according to policy.

5. Consider anyone age 60 or over according to the procedures at P-2020.10.

6. Ask how other individuals in the household who are not listed on the application buy and prepare meals.

7. Disregard individuals who buy and prepare meals separately when they can be a separate unit according to policy.

Add to the unit all individuals who must be included according to policy.

9. Add to the unit all individuals who buy and prepare meals together.

10. Add to the unit those who present themselves as spouses, but are not married. This includes those sometimes referred to as common-law spouses, and unmarried parents of children.