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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER E PAGE 68 • If not, whether the sale of the home would cause undue hardship due to loss of housing to a co-owner. 36.6.1. Dependent Relative • Dependency may be of any kind (financial, medical, etc.). • Relative means: o Child, stepchild, or grandchild; o Parent, stepparent, or grandparent; o Aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew; o Brother or sister, stepbrother or stepsister, half-brother or half- sister; o Cousin; or o In-law. 36.6.1.1. Dependency Verification Obtain a signed statement from the individual as to: • Whether anyone is living in the home while the individual is in the ALF/AFCH; • If so, how that person is related to the individual, if at all; and • If related (except for the individual's spouse), how that person is dependent on the individual, if at all. Absent evidence to the contrary, accept the allegations. Note: If the individual living in the home is the spouse, verification of dependency is not required. 36.6.2. Intent To Return Home Development Obtain a signed statement from the individual as to: • When and why he or she left the home;