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Title 7: SNAP Page 12 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter C: Nonfinancial Eligibility Categorical Eligibility Revised September 27, 2024 Households Eligible for the Promoting Healthy… If you enter an IPV disqualification, the ABC system cancels the PHMP. Because the household’s resources become countable when you impose the disqualification, review the case file and enter the household’s countable resources on ABC.

Household C applies for SNAP and lists countable resources of $4300. The household meets income and other criteria to be PHMP-eligible. Because the household is PHMP- eligible, resources are not considered and SNAP is approved. A household member is later disqualified due to an IPV. The household is no longer categorically eligible. The worker reviews the case file and enters $4300 countable resources on the ABC system to determine the C household’s continued SNAP eligibility. Eligibility Factors Met by Categorical Eligibility Policy: Once a household is determined to be categorically eligible, which eligibility factors are considered automatically met depends on whether:  The household is categorically eligible because all members receive FIP, SSI, or GA, or  The household is categorically based on eligibility for the Promoting Healthy Marriage Program (PHMP). If the household meets both of the above items, treat the household as categorically eligible based on receipt of FIP, SSI, or GA. Categorical Eligibility Based on Receipt of FIP, SSI, or GA Policy: When determining SNAP eligibility for categorically eligible FIP, SSI, or GA households, consider the following SNAP eligibility requirements met:  Resource limits  Gross and net income limits  Residency information  Sponsored alien information Categorically eligible FIP and SSI households also:  Do not have to provide social security number information.  Are not subject to the transferred resources policy.