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EAP Policy Manual FFY24 Chapter 3 Program Eligibility Requirements Page 3 • Foster care/Northstar care participants with unkown SSNs • Non-custodial children whose parent/guardian cannot access their SSN • Religious objectors without an SSN • Safe at Home program participants • SSN applicants The individuals listed above may apply without an SSN. Eligible non-citizens must provide documentation of their immigration status. The eligible non-citizen status and associated valid documentation types are outlined in the Documentation to Determine Eligible Non-Citizen Status section below. Applications from households with a mix of eligible (i.e., citizens or eligible non- citizens) and non-eligible members may be processed, but Service Providers must follow the procedures outlined in the Ineligible Non-Citizens section below. The SSN Exceptions and Alternatives section below details acceptable documentation and entry of document numbers into eHEAT for individuals applying without an SSN. Service Providers must neither require nor request the SSN for Safe At Home (SAH) participants. For more information on the SAH program, see the SAH section of Chapter 2 – Applications & Application Processing. Verifiable SSN A verifiable SSN must: • Have 9 digits. • Appear to be a plausible SSN (not 000-00-0000 for example). • Not conflict with another SSN in eHEAT. • Not be impossible. Impossible SSN are those not yet assigned by the Social Security Administration. • Be divided as follows: • Area number = first 3 digits. • Group number = 4 and 5 digits. • Serial number = last 4 digits. SSA provides this guidance to determine if an SSN is invalid or impossible: • No SSNs with a 000 area number have been assigned. • No SSNs with an area number of 666 have been or will be assigned. • No SSNs with an area number between 900 and 999 have been assigned. • No SSN’s with a 00 group number have been assigned.