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136 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 2: Eligibility groups • A caretaker staying in a residential alcohol or drug treatment facility, and expected to return within 90 days. • Out of the household for any reason and reasonably expected to return within 90 days. Children who are gone and still considered part of the household Children are still considered part of the household if they are: • Away due to illness (unless placed in long-term care, a social service, or educational facility), or • In foster care and expected to return to the household within the next 30 days.
Children placed in foster care are only considered part of the household if they are expected to return within 30 days. This is more restrictive than the general “90-day return” exception that applies to other individuals. REF Individuals are in the same household if they state they intend to reside in the household, i.e., this is their primary residence. Individuals are considered in the same household when they share their dwelling: • Living together in the same house • Sharing the same address, or • Sharing sleeping, bathroom and kitchen facilities that are not in a commercial establishment that provides room, board or both for fair market value compensation. Additionally, individuals are considered in the same household even if: • An individual is gone for 30 days or more due to employment • An individual is in an acute care medical facility that is not considered long-term care • An individual is gone for 30 days or more due to days to care for an individual’s emergent need related to illness, injury or death • An individual is gone for 30 days or more due to education or training • An individual is gone for up to 90 days while in a residential alcohol or drug treatment facility • An individual is gone for up to 60 days due to the regulations of a domestic violence shelter or other circumstances beyond the individual’s control. Remember, ODHS|OHA may extend the absence time period for 30 days if it receives sufficient information to ensure the absent individual will return within the extension period. The following people are considered living in a public institution; therefore, they are not household members and are not eligible for benefits: • Individuals who are involuntarily confined to a public institution such as jail, prison, penitentiary or juvenile detention center • Individuals temporarily released from a public institution to perform court-imposed community service work • Individuals on short-term leave (less than 30 days) from a public institution • Individuals released from a public institution for the sole purpose of obtaining medical care.