UPM 2020.20 - Optional Members of the Assistance Unit

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL _____________________________________________________________________________ Date: 5-1-89 Transmittal: UP-89-15 2020.20 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Food Stamp Assistance Unit Requirements FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Optional Members of the Assistance Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

2020.20 Certain individuals living in a household are included in the assistance unit under specific conditions. In this category are the following:

A. boarders paying the equivalent of the Thrifty Food Plan when the other eligible members of the assistance unit request their inclusion;

B. disabled or blind individuals receiving SSI or Social Security Disability payments who live in group living arrangements, when the group determines they should participate together as one unit. This determination is based on the individuals' physical and mental ability to handle their own affairs. These homes must be certified by FNS and have no more than 16 residents;

C. a foster child of any age or a foster adult when the other eligible members of the assistance unit request his or her inclusion.