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eligibility such as their Social Security Number, etc. Resources and income of excluded persons may be considered in determining eligibility (see Chapter 2: Whose Assets are Counted and Chapter 5: Whose Income is Counted in Part VI). QM: See SR. TANF The following persons cannot be included in the assistance unit: • non-qualified immigrants and certain categories of qualified immigrants (see Chapter 7: Citizenship/Alienage in this Part); • a step-parent whose needs are excluded from the grant because s/he does not have a child in common with the parent of a child in the assistance unit; • foster children and children receiving adoption assistance. Such children, however, may qualify the caretaker for TANF assistance (see Section 4.3: Adoption Subsidy and Section 4.16: Foster Care Payments in Part VI); • unless exempt, an adult who failed to sign the Customer/Agency Agreement. Persons exempt from this requirement are those who are working at least 30 hours per week or who are subject to the school attendance requirement; • individuals who failed to cooperate with IMA at the application stage (see Section 3.4.1: Failure to Cooperate with IMA at the Application Stage in Part III); and • SSI recipients. An SSI recipient may be the caretaker of a child but shall not be included in the TANF grant). A child receiving SSI shall not be included in the TANF grant but may qualify the caretaker. Two parents may be included in the grant if the SSI child is deprived due to incapacity or unemployment of a parent (see Chapter 8: TANF Child Deprivation in this Part). Example Ms. Roberts lives with her daughter, Sara, who receives SSI. Ms. Roberts has no source of income. Ms. Roberts can qualify for a TANF grant based on a group size of one. Sara would not be included in the grant. The SSR should never deem the income and/or assets of an SSI recipient to the group. The SSR should not compute an overpayment (see Chapter 6: Overpayment and Underpayment) for the dual receipt of TANF and SSI unless: • ESA informed SSA that a person would be removed from the grant on a specific date, and • the person was not removed from the grant on that date. If the SSI check was not reduced due to TANF benefit, the SSR should notify SSA of the dual receipt. SSA will process an SSI overpayment. Individuals who are sanctioned as a result of failing to comply with a program requirement after eligibility has been determined and a grant of assistance is made (see Part V: Program Requirements and Sanctions for more information) may have their needs removed from the grant. GC Caretakers cannot be included in a GC assistance unit. FS Any individual convicted of trafficking FS benefits of $500 or more is permanently disqualified from receiving FS benefits. In addition, individuals who failed to cooperate with IMA at the application stage (see Section 3.4.1: Failure to Cooperate with IMA at the Application Stage in Part III) are excluded.