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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 01/2015

DETERMINING THE CASH ASSISTANCE UNIT

0014.03.03

not part of the MFIP unit.

● Follow the rules in 0011 (Technical Eligibility) and 0014.06 (Who Must Be Excluded From Assistance Unit) to identify members of the MFIP unit.

● Follow the rules in 0014.03.06 (Determining the SNAP Unit) and 0014.06 (Who Must Be Excluded From Assistance Unit) to identify members of the SNAP unit.

Any person who would be a member of a SNAP unit but is not a member of the MFIP unit (as opposed to being disqualified or ineligible) may receive SNAP benefits if they are otherwise eligible (commonly referred to as "Uncle Harry" cases). See 0022.24 (Uncle Harry Food Support Benefits).

DWP: For information on family units eligible for DWP, see 0013.05 (DWP Bases of Eligibility).

Do NOT include the parent who is away from the home on active military duty as a member of the assistance unit, but count any income and assets the person on active duty makes available to the family. See 0015.48 (Whose Assets to Consider), 0017.06 (Excluded Income), 0017.12.03 (Unearned Income), 0017.15.93 (Military Income). Also see TE02.10.90 (Military Families Receiving FS, MFIP or DWP).

When the parent who normally resides with the family is living and working away from the home (or the family) and there is no marital or relationship breakdown, consider that parent a mandatory unit member. When a parent does not live in Minnesota, he/she is considered an ineligible mandatory unit member because the parent is not physically present in Minnesota. Count total income and assets of all unit members, including the members away from the family, when determining the unit’s eligibility and benefit level. See 0015.48 (Whose Assets to Consider), 0016 (Income From People not in the Unit). This is not considered temporary absence.

SNAP: See 0014.03.06 (Determining the SNAP Unit). Also see MFIP provisions above.

MSA, GRH: Each participant is a separate assistance unit.

GA: A married couple who have no minor children or living apart from any children are an assistance unit.

A person who is unmarried and has no minor children or living apart from any spouse or children is an assistance unit.