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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) MANUAL CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS Section 120 Page 13

120.9 Work Quarters (continued)

benefit. c. Remove those quarters from the number of quarters of coverage earned or credited to the immigrant in that calendar year. Exception: If the immigrant earns the 40th quarter of coverage prior to applying for SNAP benefits or any other means-tested benefit in that same quarter, allow that quarter toward the 40 qualifying quarters total. 120.10 Military Connection A. A veteran or person on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or the spouse or unmarried dependent child of a veteran or person on active military duty. B. The veteran or active duty person can be a citizen or an immigrant. C. A dependent child of a veteran is an unmarried biological or legally adopted dependent child who is: a. 17 years old or younger; b. 21 years old or younger and a full-time student; or c. Disabled and 18 years old or older if the child was disabled and dependent on the individual described in 120.10(A) prior to the child's 18th birthday. This definition also includes a child of a deceased veteran parent, if the child was dependent on the parent prior to the child's 18th birthday. D. An LPR under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with a military connection is eligible for an unlimited period. E. A veteran must have met the minimum active-duty service requirements of 24 months or the period for which the person was called to active duty. F. The definition of veteran includes military personnel who served before July 1, 1946 in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines while the forces were in the service of the Armed forces of the U.S., or in the Philippine Scouts. G. A surviving spouse of a deceased veteran or individual on active duty is REVISED JANUARY 2026