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MS 2020

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Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 2020 – R. 6/15/26 – OMTL – 698 Special Provision for the Elderly and Disabled.

[For SNAP purposes, a household is an individual or group of individuals who live together and who customarily purchase and prepare food together. The members of a household may be related or unrelated. For further guidance regarding required household members, reference MS 2010 – MS 2100. Any individual or a group of individuals who purchase and prepare food together are considered as one household unless an elderly individual, whether related or unrelated, is unable to purchase and prepare meals separately because of a disability. If an individual states they fall into this category, that individual and their spouse can be certified as a separate household if all of the following apply:

A. The individual is age 60 or over;

B. The individual has a disability considered permanent under the Social Security Act or suffers from a non-disease-related, severe, permanent disability as outlined in MS 2000; and

C. The countable gross income of all others living with the individual, excluding the income of the elderly and disabled individual's spouse, is less than or equal to 165% of the net monthly income eligibility standard.

Income information for the other individuals who reside with the elderly and disabled applicant(s) in the case is requested; however, the income is not used to calculate the allotment for the elderly and disabled applicant(s) but is used to determine whether the elderly or disabled household is eligible to receive benefits separately. If the income of the other individuals is greater than the 165% limit, all individuals must be included in one household.]