UPM 2020.30 - Who is Excluded from the Assistance Unit

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 5-1-94 Transmittal: UP-94-5 2020.30 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Food Stamp Assistance Unit Requirements FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Who is Excluded from the Assistance Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

2020.30 Certain individuals who are in the home are excluded from participating in the Food Stamp Program as members of the assistance unit. The following are excluded:

A. a roomer, who may, however, qualify as a separate assistance unit;

B. boarders who pay the equivalent of the Thrifty Food Plan to a household that does not request that they be included. Except for children and adults who receive federal, state, or local foster care payments, the following individuals are not considered boarders:

1. parents living with their children;

2. children living with their parents;

3. siblings;

4. spouses;

5. children under age 18 under parental control of a member of the household;

C. residents of institutions which provide at least 50% of three meals per day, except those listed in 2020.25;

D. residents of commercial boarding homes;

E. live-in attendants, who reside with a household to provide medical, housekeeping, child care or other similar personal services;

F. an individual disqualified from the program for either of the following reasons:

1. failure to meet the enumeration requirements; or

2. an intentional program violation;

G. ineligible students;

H. ineligible non-citizens;

I. other individuals who do not meet the eligibility requirements for the program.