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Page | 107 C. On-going case, student reports on the six-month report form that she has been approved for Federal or State work study funds on October 15 and anticipates getting a work study job.  The student meets student eligibility criteria for November. If this were an October application, and work study was approved prior to approval, the student could be eligible for October benefits because the eligibility criteria was met the month of work study approval or the month in which the school term starts, whichever is later.

D. The student has a Federal or State work study job, works for a couple of months, and the job finishes prior to the end of the school term.  Once begun, the eligibility criteria are met until the end of the month in which the school terms ends, or it becomes known that the student refused an assignment. If the student quit the work study job, the quit would be considered a refusal and the eligibility criteria would no longer be met.

E. The student has Federal or State work study and is working in May, and the student anticipates returning to school in September.  The student would lose his/her work study eligibility over the summer months because the break between terms is at least a full month or longer and the student is not participating in work study during the break.

7314.1 Title IV-C, Higher Education Act Some programs might involve state as well as federal funding. These programs are work study programs if the federal portion is funded under Title IV-C of the Higher Education Act. Participating institutions maintain lists of students who participate under that federal funding.

7314.2 Cooperative Programs Under some federally funded cooperative education programs, persons are full-time students one semester and work full time the next. These are not considered work study programs because the work and study do not occur together. A student might qualify, however, by participating in another work study program or by obtaining a regular job during the school semester.

Students who must work to fulfill academic requirements, such as a medical student required to intern in hospitals or student teachers who must obtain actual teaching experience as part of their degree requirements, also do not meet the work study criteria.

7320 ELDERLY OR DISABLED

For SNAP purposes an "elderly or disabled member" means a member of a household who meet one of the definitions below.

a. Definition of Elderly: Individuals 60 years of age and older are defined as elderly. This includes people who are 59 years old when they apply but who will become 60 on or before the last day of the month of application. b. Definition of Disabled: Individuals who meets one of the following criteria: 1. Eligible to receive or receiving SSI benefits, including presumptive SSI payments, or eligible under SSI 1619 B criteria a) SDX or SVES verifies SSI benefits and individual must be receiving SSI benefit or approved to receive SSI benefits.