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Chapter: 2200 Standard Filing Unit Program: FS 7 2210.0315.02 Determination of Boarder Status (FS) If the payee claims that an individual in the SFU is a boarder, the individual must be determined to be paying the SFU a reasonable amount of compensation for room and board. If the individual does not pay a reasonable amount of compensation or is a mandatory SFU member, then he is not considered a boarder. The payment for room and board must be in cash and not an in-kind benefit. Refer to passage 2210.0315.03 for an explanation of how to determine if a payment is reasonable. 2210.0315.03 Reasonable Compensation (FS) A reasonable amount of compensation is a monthly payment equaling one of the following:

1. boarders whose board arrangement is for more than two meals a day must pay an amount equal to or exceeding the maximum benefits for the appropriate number of boarders and the family group; or 2. boarders whose board arrangement is for two meals or less per day must pay an amount equal to or exceeding two-thirds of the maximum food stamp benefit for the appropriate number of the boarders and the family group.

If the amount a boarder pays for meals can be separated from the amount paid for room, the amount paid for meals is all that is compared to the maximum benefit. If, however, the amount a boarder pays for meals cannot be separated from the amount he pays for room, the total amount paid for room and board is compared to the maximum benefit. Refer to Appendix A-1 for the maximum benefit table. 2210.0315.04 Who cannot be Classified as Boarders (FS) The following persons cannot be classified as boarders because they must be mandatory members of the assistance group:

1. children under 18 under the parental control of an SFU member (unless they are foster care children); 2. children under age 22, living with parents; 3. parents living with children under age 22; 4. a spouse of an SFU member; and 5. persons paying less than reasonable compensation for meals.

Refer to passage 2210.0303 for policy on mandatory SFU members. 2210.0316 Residents of Institutions (FS) Most residents of institutions are not eligible for food stamps. Individuals are residents of an institution when the institution provides them with the majority of their meals (fifty percent of three meals a day) as part of the institution's normal services and the institution has not been authorized to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) access. In a few cases, some individuals living in institutions are eligible to be a food stamp SFU. The following are eligible as a food stamp SFU:

1. residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly, built under Section 222 of the Housing Act of 1959; 2. narcotic addicts or alcoholics and their children who live with them at a facility or treatment center for the purpose of participation in a drug or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program unless the individual of any age is under detention or custody of a Federal, State, or local penal, correctional, or other detention facility or institution for more than 30 days;