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28 with whom they reside, and are subject to the mandatory household combination requirements of 2.2 Special Household Requirements: (1) required household combinations, unless otherwise stated below: (A) Individuals who are residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly; (B) Individuals who are narcotic addicts or alcoholics and reside at a facility or treatment center for the purpose of regular participation in a drug or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program. This includes the children but not the spouses of such persons who live with them at the treatment center or facility (See section 14.3 Residents of Drug Addiction or Alcoholic (DAA) Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs; (C) Individuals who are disabled or blind and are residents of group living arrangements (See section 14.4 Residents of a Group Living Arrangement (GLA)); (D) Individual women or women with their children who are temporarily residing in a shelter for battered women and children (See section 14.5 Shelter for Battered Women and Children; and (E) Individuals who are residents of public or private nonprofit shelters for homeless persons (See section 14.6 Homeless SNAP Households).

2 . 4 S T R I K E R S Households with a striking member are not eligible to participate in SNAP, unless the household was eligible for benefits the day before the strike and is otherwise eligible at the time of application.

A striker must be anyone involved in a strike or concerted stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees. Any employee affected by a lockout, however, must not be deemed to be a striker. Further, an individual who goes on strike but is exempt from work registration under Section 8.2 Exemptions from Work Requirements the day before the strike, other than those exempt solely on the grounds that they are employed, must not be deemed to be a striker. Also, persons such as truck drivers who cannot do their jobs because the strike has left them with nothing to deliver, and employees who are not part of the bargaining unit and do not want to cross the picket line for fear of personal injury or death, must not be deemed to be strikers. Pre-strike eligibility must be determined by considering the day prior to the strike as the day of application and assuming the strike did not occur. Eligibility at the time of application must be determined by comparing the striking member's income before the strike to the striker's current income and adding the higher of the two to the current income of non-striking members during the month of application. If the household is eligible, the higher income figure must also be used in determining the household's benefits.