Policy Effective: April 1, 2004
Boarders are individuals or groups of individuals who live with others and who make a reasonable payment or compensation for lodging and meals. Reasonable compensation would include work in return for room and board.
Family members listed in policy 230-1 , except for foster care children, who claim to be boarders must be included with the household.
Residents of a Commercial Boarding House
Residents of a commercial boarding house are not eligible for SNAP.
Residents of a Non-commercial Boarding House
The proprietor of a non-commercial boarding house may choose to include the boarders in the SNAP household. The boarders cannot receive SNAP assistance as a separate household.
The household with which the boarder lives includes the entire household of the proprietor.
A boarder in a non-commercial boarding house must make a reasonable payment or compensation for meals. The payment must be in cash and not in SNAP. When the payment for room can be separated from the payments for meals, the amount paid only for meals will be evaluated to determine if it is a reasonable amount.
Reasonable payment is determined as follows:
Boarders who arrange for more than two meals a day must pay an amount which equals or exceeds the maximum SNAP allotment for boarder’s household.
Boarders who arrange for two meals or less a day must pay an amount which equals or exceeds two-thirds of the maximum SNAP allotment for the size of the boarder’s household.
When foster care children/adults are considered boarders, the foster care payment is reasonable payment.
A person who does not provide reasonable compensation or pay a reasonable amount for meals is not a boarder. He is a member of the household with which he lives.
Foster parents may choose to include a foster care child or adult as a member of the household or consider that person a boarder.