UPM 2020.15 - Who May Be a Separate Unit
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL _____________________________________________________________________________ Date: 10-1-2005 Transmittal: UP-05-12 2020.15 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Food Stamp Assistance Unit Requirements FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Who May Be a Separate Unit ______________________________________________________________________________
2020.15 Certain types of individuals may choose to be included in the same assistance unit with others, or may choose to be considered a separate assistance unit. The following types of individuals have the separate assistance unit option:
A. Individuals residing with others who are not their spouses, children, parents or siblings, and who buy food and prepare meals separately.
B. Adult children living with their parents if they purchase and prepare food separately.
C. Adult siblings who live together if they prepare and purchase food separately.
D. An individual who is elderly and disabled, and spouse if any, who does not buy and prepare food separately from others in the household, provided either spouse meets “all” of the following conditions:
1. 60 years of age or older in the month of application; and
2. Incapable of preparing meals and buying food because of a disability considered permanent under Social Security Administration or Supplemental Security Income or a non-disease related severe permanent disability; and
3. Living with others, the total of whose gross income does not exceed 165% of the Food Stamp Applied Income Limit (FSAIL). The FSAIL is 100% of the federal poverty level and is revised annually by USDA effective October 1 of every year. The income of the individual and the individual's spouse is not counted in this test.