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Title 7: SNAP Page 30 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter I: Specific Households and Participants Households with Alien Members Revised February 13, 2026 Sponsored Aliens Determine the amount of sponsor’s resources to be deemed as follows: Step 1: Add allowable resources. Step 2: Subtract $1,500. Step 3: Divide by the number of aliens sponsored by this sponsor, if known. If not known, the entire amount counts. Step 4: The result is the amount of resources deemed per sponsored member. Do not deem any income or resources to an eligible child who is under 18 years of age. This is true for both eligible alien and citizen children. Since children are not subject to deeming, only a portion of a sponsor’s income is counted for any adult household members subject to sponsor deeming.

The household consists of a sponsored mom and dad and two eligible children under age 18. It does not matter if the children are citizens or non-citizens. The total countable income deemed to the household from the sponsor is $1,000. Since sponsor income cannot be deemed to the children, half ($500) of the income is counted as deemed income to this household ($1,000 / 4 X 2 sponsored adults). Deeming of income and resources ends when  The alien meets the requirement for 40 quarters of work,  The alien gains U.S. citizenship, or  The sponsor dies. The following sections explain exceptions to these policies for:  Battered aliens  Indigent aliens Battered Aliens Legal Reference: 7 CFR 273.4(a)(6)(iii)(C), 273.4 (c)(3)(v) A “battered alien” is an alien who:  Is a battered spouse, battered child, or parent or child of a battered person, and  Has a petition for residency pending under section 204(a)(a)(A) or (B) or section 244(a)(3) of the INA. Battered aliens are not automatically eligible for SNAP. A battered alien must meet one of the four criteria listed under Eligible Aliens and if the individual is an LPR, the individual is subject to the five-year bar.