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immigration status If the above persons do not purchase and prepare food with the FS household, the SSR should not include their resources. The SSR should not consider the resources of all other non-group members including an ineligible student, boarder, or individual disqualified for failure to comply with TANF work program requirements.

SPONSORED ALIEN ASSETS 2.5

ALL The assets of alien sponsors who have signed legally binding affidavits of support must be counted when determining the eligibility for federal means-tested benefits of households that contain immigrants that they sponsored. Only immigrants whose sponsors signed I-864 Affidavits on or after December 19, 1997 are subject to deeming of their sponsors’ assets. If the sponsor signed an I-864 Affidavit, his or her assets and the assets of his or her current spouse must be deemed. Assistance units that include sponsored immigrants must still meet regular asset limits.

Determining the Amount of Deemable Assets 2.5.1 ALL Any type of asset that is countable when determining an applicant’s eligibility for a specific program is countable when controlled by the sponsor of a sponsored immigrant included in the applicant’s assistance unit. When determining the value of a specific type of asset owned by the sponsor, use the regular rules for valuation of assets for the programs involved. The net value of the sponsor’s assets minus program specific disregards is countable and should be added to the applicant’s own assets when determining asset eligibility. MA N/A TANF Pending GC There is no requirement to deem assets from an alien sponsor to the immigrant. IDA There is no requirement to deem assets from an alien sponsor to the immigrant. FS Exclude up to $1500 of the alien sponsor’s total net assets. The value of assets exceeding $1500 is deemed to the assistance unit that includes the sponsored immigrant. The value of the alien sponsor’s assets is not affected by the size of the sponsor’s family or their sponsorship of additional immigrants.