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when the dependent child would be eligible except for disqualification for failure to meet TANF school attendance requirements (see Section 4.5.2: School Attendance in this Part); • caretaker relative of a foster child when the dependent child would be eligible except that the child is receiving foster care payments (most foster parents are not related to the foster child and are therefore ineligible); or • parent or caretaker of child receiving adoption assistance when the dependent child is not in the group due to receipt of adoption assistance. GC N/A FS Eligibility for FS does not require the presence of children, thus many FS households do not include children.

LIVING WITH AND LIVING TOGETHER 1.11

ALL 'Living together' or 'living with' means sharing a home except for temporary absences. A temporarily absent person is considered in the home (see Section 1.14: Temporary Absence in this Chapter). In order to receive assistance as part of a group, an individual must live with the group. Individuals are considered to be living together if they share any common living quarters such as a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, or living room. Persons who share only an access area (that is, entrance or hallway) or non living area (that is, laundry room) are not considered to be living together.

MULTIPLE GENERATIONS IN THE HOME 1.12

MA See Section 1.4: Optional Group Members for information regarding the option to include parents of pregnant or parenting minors. TANF The child of a minor receiving TANF assistance is not a mandatory group member. However, if assistance is requested for the child of the minor, s/he must be included in the group with his/her parent. If the minor parent's parent or caretaker relative is receiving assistance or applies for assistance, the minor parent must be included in the same unit as his/her parent or caretaker relative. Similarly, if the minor parent's sibling who lives in the same household as the minor parent is receiving assistance, the minor parent must be included in the same unit as his/her sibling. If the minor parent does not live with a parent, caretaker relative, or sibling who is also receiving TANF, the minor parent can be the head of his/her own unit. If the minor parent does not meet all non-financial eligibility requirements (as in the case of the minor parent receiving SSI), a separate group should be established for the minor parent's child. The child should not be included in the assistance group with the minor parent's parent/caretaker relative or the minor's parent's sibling. However, if the minor parent is disqualified from receiving TANF because s/he fails to comply with program requirements, the minor parent's child should be included in the unit with the minor parent's parent, caretaker relative, or sibling if the child would have been included in the unit if the minor parent was not disqualified. Example 1 Ms. Smith lives with her teenage daughter, Jane who is 17. Ms. Smith and her teenager receive TANF. Jane has a baby. The baby's father pays child support. The baby does not have to be included in the group with Jane and Jane's mother if the group chooses to exclude the baby.