Policy Effective: January 23, 2016

A household may be categorically eligible when ALL members of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) household receive any of the following types of assistance:

Family Employment Program (FEP) fFnancial assistance (FEP or FEP - Two-Parent), including diversion payments or Temporary Assistance for Needy-Families (TANF).

FEP specified relative cases where all household members are included in the Financial assistance.

FEP Emergency Assistance Homeless Prevention Program cases are categorically eligible for the month the benefit is paid.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI). This includes SSI recipients in 1619 status (eligible but not receiving benefits due to income)

General Assistance (GA)

Recipients include persons who are eligible to receive assistance or SSI, but who have not yet received payment or whose payments are being withheld to repay an overpayment.

It does not matter if the members receive Financial assistance or SSI, and/or General Assistance (GA) in separate cases. The household may contain Financial assistance, SSI and GA recipients.

ALL closed FEP and diversion Financial assistance cases (this does not include the General Assistance program) continue as categorically eligible for the 24-month transitional period after the FEP case is closed, regardless of any changes in household composition. It doesn't matter if someone moves in or moves out, the household remains categorically eligible for that 24-month transitional period.

If a FEP/SSI household contains a member not eligible for SNAP for one of the reasons listed below, the remainder of the household is categorically eligible:

The person is an ineligible student.

The person is an Ineligible Non-Citizen.

The person has been sanctioned for failure to comply with the work requirements of policy 342 .

The person is a fleeing felon as described in policy 266 .

If a categorically eligible household has a GA recipient who is not eligible for SNAP for one of the reasons listed below, the remainder of the household is categorically eligible:

The person is an ineligible student.

The person is an Ineligible Non-Citizen.

The person has been sanctioned for failure to comply with the work requirements. See policy 342 .

A member is disqualified for an intentional program violation.

The person is a fleeing felon as described in policy 266 .