4. GENERAL RULES ON WHAT SPONSOR RELATED INCOME AND ASSETS TO COUNT

A. The income of a sponsor’s spouse does not count toward the deeming unless the sponsor’s spouse has also signed the affidavit of support and the sponsor and their spouse live together.

If so, the spouse's income and assets are counted even if they were not married at the time the agreement was signed.

B. If a sponsor sponsors more than one noncitizen, the income and assets are divided among the number of noncitizens that are sponsored by them.

C. If a noncitizen changes sponsors after being certified for SNAP, use the new sponsor's income and assets are used to determine eligibility.

D. Money paid to the noncitizen by the sponsor is counted as income to the noncitizen, to the extent that it exceeds the income deemed from the sponsor.

E. If the noncitizen has applied for TANF and has had income and assets deemed for that program, the TANF figures are used.