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Resources of non-household members will not be counted as available to the household.
Resources of excluded household members will be counted as available to remaining household members. Excluded household members include: A. Persons disqualified from the program for intentional program violation B. Persons disqualified for failure to comply with Social Security requirements C. Persons who are ineligible aliens and who would be considered a household member if not for his or her ineligible alien status D. Persons disqualified for failure to comply with work registration or Employment & Training requirement, including voluntary quit or reduction hours E. Persons disqualified for fraudulently receiving duplicate benefits; convicted of trafficking benefits for weapons or drugs in excess of $499; fleeing felons or parole/probation violators; or disqualified for failure to comply with TANF F. Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDS) who are not eligible because they have received their time limited benefits.
9900 VERIFICATION OF RESOURCES
Only seek verification of resources if: 1. The information reported by the customer is questionable, or 2. The value of nonexempt resources is close to the resource limit.
Benefits Specialist’s must use prudent judgment when determining whether or not the information provided is questionable.
9910 VERIFICATION OF RESOURCES FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
Special care should be taken with migrant cases to determine if there are out-of-state resources or income from real property in the home base area.
Particular attention should be paid to real property in the home base area. Each household is allowed one home and surrounding property as an exemption from resources. Shelter costs on the current residence and also the temporarily unoccupied home may be budgeted according to shelter costs or unoccupied home in Section 10330.
Additionally, the Specialist should explore the possibility that the out-of-state real property is being rented or is producing income in some way. If the property is producing income, the income must be added to all other household income in determining eligibility and amount of stamps.
Example: A migrant who claims Michigan as home and who is applying for SNAP in South Dakota should be asked about available resources in both states. If the applicant has a home in Michigan and does not own a home in South Dakota, the Michigan home is exempt.