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135 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 2: Eligibility groups household group: • People who are legally confined to a correctional facility such as jail, prison, penitentiary or juvenile detention center • People temporarily released from a correctional facility to perform court-imposed community service work • People on short-term leave (less than 30 days) from a correctional facility • People released from a correctional facility for the sole purpose of obtaining medical care. ERDC Landlord and tenants A household includes all the individuals who live in the same dwelling, except for those who have a landlord/tenant relationship. A landlord/tenant relationship means that: • The tenant lives independently from the landlord, • The landlord charges a fair market value for the housing, and • The tenant has separate sleeping, bathroom and kitchen facilities from the landlord. If they do not, it is within a commercial establishment that offers room and board, or both, for fair market value compensation. Individuals living in multiple household groups in one month When a person lives in more than one household during the same calendar month, they are generally considered members of the household where they spend 51 percent or more of their time. An exception applies to children in shared custody situations. If a child lives with different caretakers during the same month, they may be considered a member of both households. Click here for Shared custody. Individuals gone from the household for 30 days or more Individuals who are gone from the household for 30 days or more are no longer considered part of the household unless they meet specific exceptions. If none of these exceptions below apply, the individual is not considered part of the household group. Individuals who are gone and still considered part of the household Individuals are still considered part of the household if they are: • Away due to employment (including long-haul truck driving, fishing, job search, or active military duty) • Away due to education • Away due to training • Away to care for an individual’s emergent need related to illness, injury or death (this will typically result in ineligibility for two-caretaker households) • Away In an acute care medical facility