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969 Chapter 6:Non-citizens • Section 1: Introduction (07/2026) 1. Determine the sponsor(s)’ household size. This includes the sponsor, their spouse and any dependents they claim on their federal taxes. Do not include any individuals they are sponsoring in this step. Use the household size to look up the countable income limit. It is the 130%FPL. 2. Calculate the monthly income of the sponsor and their spouse, including any earned, unearned or self- employment income. 3. Subtract 50 percent from self-employment income with costs (SEC), or count full amount of self employment income with no costs (SEN). 4. Subtract 20 percent from the total of all countable earned income. This includes the self-employment income after the exclusion for any allowable costs. 5. Subtract 130%FPL obtained in step 1 from the remaining income from step 4. This is the income subject to deeming. 6. Determine the number of people exempt from deeming related to sponsor and non-citizen. The people not subject to deeming include: (a) Number of other non-citizens being sponsored by the same sponsor or their spouse, plus (b) Number of children, under the age of 18, in the filing group of non-citizen requesting benefits (include both sponsored non-citizen children and citizen children). 7. Divide the income subject to deeming from step 4 by the number of people from step 5. Note: The citizen and sponsored non-citizen children of the sponsored non-citizen are exempt from deeming. In order to exclude a portion of the deemed income for their needs, it is important to include them in step 6. Deeming countable resources from a sponsor Determine the sponsors available resources and subtract $1500. The amount obtained is deemed to the non-citizen. Sponsorship of more than one non-citizen If an individual(s) has sponsored more than one non-citizen, the total monthly income and total assets of the sponsor(s) shall be prorated among all the sponsored non-citizens. TANF Sponsorship and deeming is the same for TANF and SNAP. The only difference between the two programs is the calculation of the sponsor’s income and for TANF sponsored non-citizens are not able to opt out from providing the sponsors information. This is true in situations where they are not applying for benefits for themselves, as they are still a member of the financial group. Taking into account any exceptions or exclusion mentioned above, when you need to calculate income for a sponsored non-citizen, all the sponsor and sponsor’s spouse’s income and resources should be counted as available to the sponsored non-citizen. Any earned income should receive a 50% deduction. The total should be counted as available to the sponsored non-citizen.