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assigned a Social Security Number (including children) shall provide their Social Security Number (SSN) as a condition of eligibility for the program. a. Only members of a household who are applying for Medicaid coverage are required to provide an SSN. An SSN of a non-applicant may be requested to electronically verify income. However, unwillingness on the part of a non- applicant to provide an SSN upon request shall not be used as the basis for denying eligibility to an applicant who has provided an SSN. If an SSN is unavailable, other proof of income shall be accepted. b. Limits on Use – Applicants shall also be informed that an SSN can be utilized only in the administration of the Medicaid program, including for use in verifying age and income eligibility. c. Verification – An SSN is verified through an electronic data-match with the SSA. Applicants (not including children) must provide documentation of SSN if the data match fails. Acceptable forms of documentation are identified in Part 5 of this Subchapter. 4. State Residency – Anyone who is applying for eligibility must be a resident of the State. Any person living in the State voluntarily, who intends to reside in Rhode Island for any reason is considered a resident of the State. Under Federal Regulations a person does not need a fixed address in the State to be considered a Rhode Island resident. Therefore, homelessness is not a bar to eligibility. a. For individuals who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older, or under the age of twenty-one (21) and capable of expressing intent as an emancipated or married individual – If the applicant is not living in an institution, the State of residence is the State where the applicant is living voluntarily with the intention to reside; or entered voluntarily with a job commitment or seeking employment, whether or not currently employed. b. For individuals under the age of twenty-one (21) who are not emancipated or married – If the applicant is not living in an institution, the State of residence is the State where the child/young adult resides or the State of the parent/care- taker with whom the child lives. Under the requirements of this provision, the residence of a pregnant person's unborn child is, the State in which the pregnant person resides. A non-citizen pregnant person who lives in Rhode Island is considered to be a resident, irrespective of whether the person's immigration status indicates they are in the country permanently or for a limited time (i.e., in the United States on a temporary visa of any kind). c. For individuals living in institutions – Most Medicaid applicants living in institutional settings are not included in the MACC groups.