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87 Deeming of sponsor’s income and resources Only in the event a sponsored non-citizen is an eligible non-citizen in accordance with Section 7.3 Citizenship and Non-Citizen Status, (1) Household members meeting citizenship or non-citizen status requirements will the Agency consider available to the household the income and resources of the sponsor and spouse. For purposes of determining the eligibility and benefit level of a household of which an eligible sponsored non-citizen is a member, the Agency must deem the income and resources of sponsor and the sponsor's spouse, if he or she has executed USCIS Form I– 864 or I–864A, as the unearned income and resources of the sponsored non-citizen. The Agency must deem the sponsor's income and resources until the non-citizen gains U. S. citizenship, has worked or can receive credit for 40 qualifying quarters of work (including work quarters from a parent(s) and/or spouse) or the sponsor dies. The monthly income of the sponsor and sponsor's spouse (if he or she has executed USCIS Form I–864 or I–864A) deemed as that of the eligible sponsored non-citizen must be the total monthly earned and unearned income, as defined in Section 11.3 Earned Income, Section 11.4 Self- Employment Income, and Section 11.5 Unearned Income with the exclusions provided in Section 11.6 Income Exclusions of the sponsor and sponsor's spouse at the time the household containing the sponsored non-citizen member applies or is renewed for participation, reduced by: (A) A 20 % earned income amount for that portion of the income determined as earned income of the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse; and (B) An amount equal to the Program's monthly gross income eligibility limit for a household equal in size to the sponsor, the sponsor's spouse, and any other person who is claimed or could be claimed by the sponsor or the sponsor's spouse as a dependent for Federal income tax purposes. If the non-citizen has already reported gross income information on his or her sponsor in compliance with the sponsored non-citizen rules of another Agency administered assistance program, the Agency may use that income amount for SNAP deeming purposes. However, the Agency must limit allowable reductions to the total gross income of the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse prior to attributing an income amount to the non-citizen to amounts specified in A and B above. The Agency must consider as income to the non-citizen any money the sponsor or the sponsor's spouse pays to the eligible sponsored non-citizen, but only to the extent that the money exceeds the amount deemed to the eligible sponsored non-citizen as determined above. The Agency must deem, where applicable, as available to the eligible sponsored non-citizen the total amount of the resources of the sponsor and sponsor's spouse, reduced by $1,500. If a sponsored non-citizen can demonstrate to the Agency's satisfaction that his or her sponsor is the sponsor of other non-citizens, the Agency must divide the income and resources, where applicable,