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Title 7: SNAP Page 4 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter C: Nonfinancial Eligibility Household Composition Revised September 27, 2024 Ineligible Members Ineligible Members Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.1(b)(7) Policy: “Ineligible members” are people who would normally get SNAP with other members of the household but are not included because they are ineligible to participate for some reason. Ineligible members cannot participate in SNAP as separate households. The following people are ineligible household members:  Ineligible aliens. See Citizenship and Alien Status in this chapter, and 7-I, Households with Alien Members.  Ineligible students. See 7-I, Students.  People who are disqualified for failing to provide a social security number. See Social Security Numbers.  People who are disqualified for failing to respond to a NAC match. See 7-I, NAC Match Disqualifications.  People who are disqualified for intentional program violation. See 7-J, Intentional Program Violation.  Mandatory work registrants who are disqualified for not complying with work requirements. See Work Registration.  Ineligible adults who are not disabled and don’t have dependents (ABAWDs). See 7-I, Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs).  Probation or parole violators and fleeing felons. See 7-I, Fleeing Felons and Parole and Probation Violators.  SSI recipients whose SNAP benefits were received as cash in a state that cashes out SNAP benefits to SSI recipients.  Residents of institutions. (See Residents of Institutions for exceptions allowing institution residents to get SNAP benefits as separate households.) Procedure: Consider the relationship of the ineligible member to others in the household when determining who else is a mandatory member. However, do not include an ineligible member when determining size of the eligible household, household eligibility, or the amount of benefits for the eligible household. For more information, see 7-I, Ineligible Household Members.