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51 • Resources; • Gross and net income limits; • Social Security Number (SSN) information; • Sponsored non-citizen information; and • Residency. However, SCDSS must collect and verify factors relating to benefit determination that are not collected and verified by the other program if these factors are required to be verified under Chapter 5, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Verification. If any of the following factors are questionable, the Agency must verify, in accordance with Chapter 5, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Verification, that the household which is considered categorically eligible: (A) Contains only members that are TANF or SSI recipients; (B) Meets the household definition in Section 2.1 General Household Definitions; (C) Includes all persons who purchase and prepare food together in one SNAP household regardless of whether or not they are separate units for TANF or SSI purposes; and (D) Includes no persons who have been disqualified as provided for in Section 4.2 Households Prohibited from Being Considered Categorically Eligible. EXCEPTION: Expanded categorical eligibility through Family Independence Information and Referral Services are available to all households, including those that contain an ineligible or disqualified member. Households that contain a member who is sanctioned continue to be eligible to receive Family Independence Information and Referral Services so resources are excluded and not deemed. The sanctioned SNAP member’s income continues to be deemed. Categorical eligibility will be assumed at recertification in the absence of a timely TANF or SSI redetermination.

4 . 8 D E E M E D E L I G I B I L I T Y F A C T O R S F O R C A T E G O R I C A L L Y E L I G I B L E H O U S E H O L D S When determining eligibility for a categorically eligible household, all SNAP requirements apply except the following: • Resources; • Gross and net income limits; • Social Security Number (SSN) information; • Sponsored non-citizen information; • Residency; and • Zero benefit households. All eligible households of one or two persons must be provided the minimum benefit, as required by Section 13.6 Calculating Net Income and Benefit Levels.