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DEEMING OF SPONSOR’S INCOME AND RESOURCES: The income and resources of the alien’s sponsor and the spouse of the sponsor (if the spouse also signed an Affidavit of Support) are deemed to be available to the alien until such time as the alien: 1. Achieves U.S. citizenship; 2. Has worked or can be credited with 40 qualifying quarters of work (SNAP 301-2), or; 3. The sponsor is deceased. Income deemed to the sponsored alien is counted as unearned income to the sponsored alien. Resources deemed to the sponsored alien are counted as resources for the sponsored alien. NOTE: When determining the amount of income and resources to be deemed, the sponsor’s spouse’s income and resources are included even if they were not married at the time the agreement was signed. If the sponsor and spouse do not live together, only the income and resources of the sponsor are counted. When a sponsor sponsors more than one alien household, the sponsor’s income and resources are divided among the number of alien households sponsored. When an alien changes sponsors after being certified for SNAP benefits, the new sponsor’s income and resources are used to determine continued eligibility. DEEMED INCOME: The countable deemed income is coded against the alien. Manually calculate the amount of income to be deemed as follows: 1. __________Sponsor’s (and spouse’s) income. 2. -_________Earned income disregard (20%). 3. -_________Disregard an amount equal to the gross monthly income limit for the sponsor and dependents. The number of dependents who could be claimed on the federal income tax return is used. 4. =_________Income to be deemed. 5. __________Divide income to be deemed (line #4) by the number of alien households sponsored. This is the income deemed to each sponsored household. NOTE: Money provided by the sponsor in excess of the deemed income amount is counted as unearned income (contribution). DEEMED RESOURCES: The countable amount of resources to be deemed is coded against the alien. Manually calculate the amount of resources to be deemed as follows: 1. ___________Sponsor’s (and spouses) countable resources. 2. -__________1,500.00 General resource limitation (per regulation) 3. =__________Resources to be deemed. 4. ___________Divide resources to be deemed (line #3) by the number of alien households sponsored. This is the amount of resources deemed to each sponsored household. ALIEN’S RESPONSIBILITY: