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89 connected to the need for benefits, and the battered individual does not live with the batterer. After 12 months, the Agency must not deem the batterer's income and resources if the battery is recognized by a court or the USCIS and has a substantial connection to the need for benefits, and the non-citizen does not live with the batterer.

(F) A sponsored non-citizen child under 18 years of age of a sponsored non-citizen.

(G) A citizen child under age 18 of a sponsored non-citizen. Eligible sponsored non-citizen’s responsibilities During the period the non-citizen is subject to deeming, the eligible sponsored non-citizen is responsible for obtaining the cooperation of the sponsor and for providing the Agency at the time of application and at the time of recertification with the information and documentation necessary to calculate deemed income and resources. The eligible sponsored non-citizen is responsible for providing the names and other identifying factors of other non-citizens for whom the non-citizen's sponsor has signed an affidavit of support. The Agency must attribute the entire amount of income and resources to the applicant eligible sponsored non-citizen until he or she provides the information. The eligible sponsored non-citizen is also responsible for reporting the required information about the sponsor and sponsor's spouse should the non-citizen obtain a different sponsor during the certification period and for reporting a change in income should the sponsor or the sponsor's spouse change or lose employment or die during the certification period. The Agency must handle such changes in accordance with the timeliness standards described in Chapter 15 Change Reporting Requirements.

Awaiting verification Until the non-citizen provides information or verification required to calculate deemed income and resources, the sponsored non-citizen is ineligible. The Agency must determine the eligibility of any remaining household members. The Agency must consider available to the remaining household members the income and resources of the ineligible non-citizen (excluding the deemed income and resources of the non-citizen’s sponsor and sponsor's spouse) in determining the eligibility and benefit level of the remaining household members in accordance with Section 14.2 Treatment of Income and Resources of Other Non-household Members. If the sponsored non-citizen refuses to cooperate in providing information or verification, other adult members of the non-citizen’s household are responsible for providing the information or verification required in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.5 Household Cooperation in Filing an Application for SNAP. If the Agency subsequently receives information or verification, it must act on the information as a reported change in household membership in accordance with the timeliness standards in Chapter 15 Change Reporting Requirements. If the same sponsor is responsible for the entire household,