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212 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility 1. Categorical Eligibility (CE):
An individual is CE if receiving one of the following: • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
ONE recognizes TANF from income records and program outcomes. • Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
ONE recognizes SSI from SSA records. • General Assistance (GA)
To indicate an individual is receiving GA, on the SNAP Categorical Eligibility screen answer Yes to the question “Is anyone in the household receiving EA, GA, Post-TANF, Pre-TANF, TA-DVS, OHCS Housing Stabilization Program, TANF Transition Services, or TANF Retention Services while in JOBS?”
The group is CE if every member is receiving one of the benefits listed above. 2. Expanded Categorical Eligibility (ECE):
An individual is ECE if receiving one of the following: • ERDC, • Housing Stabilization Program through Housing & Community Services, • TA-DVS, • TANF JOBS, • Employment Payments (identified in ONE as EPCA), or • 1619(a) or 1619(b) status for SSI,
The group is ECE if at least one member of the filing group is not “CE” and the remaining members of the group are either CE or ECE. 3. Broad Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE):
An individual CANNOT be BBCE.
The filing group is BBCE if at least one member of the filing group is neither “CE” nor “ECE” and the filing group meets all of the following: • Received, or will receive upon approval, the Information and Referral Services pamphlet (MSC 3400/ONE-095), • Countable income less than 200% FPL, and
ONE determines income less than 200%FPL based on data entered in the income screens • If there are liquid assets from lottery/gambling winnings, they must be less than the resource limit in OAR 461-160-0015 for a filing group that includes a member with a disability or who is elderly,
See Lottery and Gambling Winnings EG for information on data entry in ONE. OAR 461-140-0263 makes clear this asset limit refers to winnings from a single lottery or gambling game.