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Pregnancy.........................................................................................................................183 Individuals with disabilities, including blindness, or who are unable to work........................186 Former Foster Care...........................................................................................................188 Medicare...........................................................................................................................189 Shared custody.................................................................................................................190 Domestic violence.............................................................................................................192 Program compliance.........................................................................................................195 Disqualifying Transfer of Assets.........................................................................................195 Section 5: Financial eligibility..................................................................................................... 209 Financial eligibility.....................................................................................................................210 Introduction.......................................................................................................................210 Categorical Eligibility for SNAP...........................................................................................210 Categorical Eligibility for ERDC...........................................................................................215 Special eligibility for Medicaid individuals...........................................................................217 Income limits....................................................................................................................224 Resource limits................................................................................................................ 229 Availability of assets..........................................................................................................231 Prospective eligibility and budgeting................................................................................. 236 Frequency of income........................................................................................................ 239 Earned income..................................................................................................................244 Unearned income..............................................................................................................244 Self-employment income...................................................................................................246 Unpaid work......................................................................................................................251 Expenses and deductions..................................................................................................251 Quick reference charts......................................................................................................270 Treatment of specific assets............................................................................................. 277 Self-employment and microenterprise income.................................................................. 400 Section 6: Non-financial eligibility...............................................................................................410 Non-financial eligibility..............................................................................................................411