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(a) Households which contain an elderly or disabled member as defined in section 387.1 of this Part, are required to meet only the net income eligibility standards for the food stamp program as set forth in paragraph (2) of this subdivision. Households which do not contain an elderly or disabled member must meet both the net income eligibility standards and the gross income eligibility standards for the food stamp program. However, households which are categorically eligible for food stamps, as provided in section 387.14(a)(4) of this Part, do not have to meet the net income eligibility standards or the gross income eligibility for the food stamp program.
(1) The gross income eligibility standard for the food stamp program shall be 130 percent of the Federal income poverty level for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.
(2) The net income eligibility standard for the food stamp program shall be the Federal income poverty level for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.
(3) The net and gross income eligibility standards, as described above, are revised each October 1st by the United States Department of Agriculture as defined by the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, to reflect the annual adjustment to the Federal income poverty guidelines for the contiguous 48 states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii. (Food Stamp Act of 1977, Compilation of Food Stamp Act of 1977 and other selected Federal nutrition statutes prepared by the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1984, pages 11-22.) The monthly net and gross eligibility standards will be prescribed in general notices published in the Federal Register.