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265 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility Individuals who live in the community with no children in the household (not EPD) For the purposes of this section: • Ineligible spouse means a spouse who is not eligible to receive either SSI or TANF benefits. • Child means an individual who meets all of the following:

Š Is unmarried

Š Is not considered a decision-maker in the household

Š Is age 0–17, and

Š Has at least one natural or adoptive parent in the same household. • Ineligible child means an individual who meets all of the following requirements:

Š Is unmarried

Š Is living with a natural or adoptive parent

Š Is not considered a decision-maker in the household

Š Is not eligible to receive SSI or TANF benefits, and

Š Is either age 1–17, or 18–22 and attending full-time secondary, post-secondary or vocational- technical training designed to prepare the individual for employment. The following deductions are used for applicants who: • Live in the community or in 24-hour MH residential care settings • Are not assumed eligible • Do not receive nursing facility or home and community-based care, and • Have neither ineligible children nor children in the HH group. Single individual If the individual has no spouse in the household group, deductions from the individual’s countable income are made in the following order: • One standard deduction of $20. This is deducted from unearned income first, and if unearned income is < $20, the remaining deduction is applied to earned income (if any). • The following earned income deductions:

Š $65

Š An additional deduction for documented impairment-related work expenses

Š One-half of the remaining earned income

Š Any income deduction for documented blind work expenses

Š Any earned income used to fulfill a plan for self-support by the Social Security Administration. If the individual’s adjusted income is below the applicable OSIPM income limit for a need group of one, the individual meets the OSIPM income requirements.