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MS 2300 [1]

Volume 2 – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 2300 – R. 7/1/26 – OMTL – 701 Students

A. [To be eligible to participate in SNAP, students, as defined in MS 2000, must meet at least one of the following criteria:

1. Be employed and paid for an average of 20 hours per week or 80 hours per month;

2. Be self-employed and working an average of 20 hours per week or 80 hours per month and receive weekly earnings at least equal to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours per week or 80 hours per month (use gross amount of income to make this determination);

3. Participate in a State or federally financed work-study program during the regular school year.

To qualify under this provision, the student must be: a. Approved for work-study at the time of application for SNAP benefits;

b. The work study must be approved for the school term and,

c. The student must anticipate actually working during that time. The exemption begins with the month in which the school term begins, or the month work-study is approved, whichever is later. Once started, the exemption continues until the end of the month in which the school term ends, or it becomes known the student has refused an assignment. The exemption does not continue between terms when there is a full month or longer break, unless the student participates in work-study during the break;

4. Be responsible for the physical care of a dependent household member under age six. Only one parent/stepparent per household can be responsible for the care of dependent household members under age six. The parents must decide who has primary responsibility;

5. Be a single parent enrolled in an institution of higher education on a full- time basis, as determined by the institution, who is responsible for a dependent child under age 12, regardless of the availability of adequate childcare.

This provision applies where only one natural, adoptive, or stepparent, regardless of marital status, is in the same SNAP household as the child. “Regardless of marital status” means the parent may be single (meaning never married), a widow or widower, separated, divorced, or married and living in a separate household from the other parent.

If no natural, adoptive, or stepparent is in the same SNAP household as the child, another full-time student in the same SNAP household as the child