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ESA SNAP Policy Manual 23 Residents of drug addiction and alcohol treatment facilities (federal): 7 CFR § 273.11(e) 2.7 Ineligible Household Members Some individuals are ineligible to participate in SNAP as a separate household or as a member of any household. Examples of ineligible household members are:  Ineligible noncitizens (see Section 5.4.2, Noncitizenship)  Individuals failing to provide an SSN without good cause (see Section 5.5, SSN Verification)  Fleeing felons and parole violators (see Section 8.5, Fleeing Felons, Probation and Parole Violators and Certain Convicted Criminals)  Ineligible students (see Section 5.10, Student Status and Exemption Verification)  IPV disqualified persons (see Chapter 21, Disqualification for Intentional Program Violation)  Nonexempt work registrants who quit a job or fail to meet work requirements (see Chapter 9, SNAP Work Requirements)  Strikers who would be over income for SNAP if they were not on strike (see Section 2.7.1, Strikers)  Individuals convicted of certain crimes who are not complying with the terms of their sentence or parole  Individuals not meeting able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) time limits Even if a household member is ineligible for SNAP, ESA may need to consider their income and assets to determine whether the rest of the household is eligible for benefits. 2.7.1 Strikers Households with a striking member are ineligible for SNAP unless the household was eligible to receive benefits the day prior to the strike and is otherwise eligible at the time of application. Legal Authority Strikers (federal): 7 USC § 2015 (d)(3), 7 CFR § 273.1(e), 7 CFR § 273.7(j) A strike is defined as the following:  A planned stoppage of work by employees, including a stoppage due to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement  Any planned slowdown  Other planned interruption of operations by employees A striker is anyone participating in a strike. A person on strike is not considered to have voluntarily quit their job without good cause unless they were an employee of the federal government or state or local Return