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1192 (07/2026) Chapter 8: Examples • Chapter 8: Examples SNAP Example 1: Lisa is pregnant and living with Daniel, the father of their unborn child. They state they purchase and prepare food separately. Lisa wants to apply for SNAP benefits separate from Daniel. Lisa and Daniel are in the same household but can be separate filing groups for SNAP until the baby is born. Once the baby is born, they become one filing group, even if they purchase and prepare separately because they are both parents of the child and are all living in the same household. Example 2: Martha is 19 years old, currently pregnant and lives with both parents. Martha purchases and prepares food separately from the rest of the family and wants to apply for SNAP separately. Martha is under age 22 and lives with both parents in their residence. Martha and both parents must be in the same filing group. Even when Martha’s baby is born, if still living with parents, Martha and baby cannot form a separate group from the parents until Martha turns 22. Example 3: Micky is 18 years old, lives in a camp trailer on friend Nick’s property. Micky purchases and prepares meals separately from Nick but cooks and eats meals at Nick’s house, because the trailer is not equipped for cooking. Micky can form a separate filing group because Micky purchases and prepares meals separately from Nick, even though they both use the kitchen in Nick’s house. Example 4: Guadalupe, 19, Jaime, 24, and their common child live with Guadalupe’s parents. Guadalupe states that the three of them purchase and prepare food separately from the rest of the household so they wish to apply separately for SNAP benefits. Guadalupe, Jaime and their common child must be in the same SNAP filing group, because the child draws in both parents. Guadalupe’s parents must be part of the same filing group because Guadalupe is under age 22. (If Guadalupe and Jaime were living with Jaime’s parents, they could be in a separate filing group because Jaime is over age 22.) Example 5: Trish, 26, moved in with both parents. Trish’s children, Maizy and Joey, also live in the home because Trish’s parents have legal guardianship over Maizy and Joey. Trish cannot be a separate filing group from the two children, because they are under the age of 22 and in the same household. The children cannot be a separate filing group from the grandparents because they have parental control, care and supervision. Therefore, the filing group consists of Trish, both parents, Maizy and Joey. Example 6: Natalia, age 12, is on SNAP benefits with mom, Denise. On March 16, Natalia moves in with the dad, Jeffrey, who applies for benefits for the two of them. Although Jeffrey may be eligible in March, Natalia cannot receive SNAP benefits on two filing groups at the same time. Natalia must be removed from the mother’s case before being added to the father’s SNAP case.