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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES D-SNAP

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with their grandmother, and the other three people are with the client’s sister. The application can include the family of six, because they were living and eating together on the date of the disaster and the reason they are scattered is directly due to the disaster.

f) Client’s daughter is home from college because the college closed. Do not include the college student because she is there temporarily.

g) Client normally resides in the barracks on a military base. He is not eligible for benefits because he is in a facility that provides him food.

Students or others who have meals provided are considered residents of institutions and are not eligible for the D-SNAP.

5. INCOME AND RESOURCES TEST. The household must meet the disaster income limits. This is determined as follows:

a. Determine the household's gross earned and unearned income during the disaster benefit period. For self-employment income, count the amount that remains after costs of producing the income are subtracted.

Count income the household has received during the disaster benefit period, or expects to receive with reasonable certainty during this period.

Income that is countable in the regular program will be countable for disaster benefits. Similarly, excluded payments under the regular program will be excluded for disaster benefit determinations.

For the D-SNAP, average weekly and bi-weekly income must NOT be converted to a monthly figure by the 4.3 or 2.15 conversion factors used in the regular program. Instead, the BPS must determine the income already received during the disaster period, and anticipate the income expected for the rest of the disaster period.

Example

The disaster period is August 17 through September 16. The household files a D-SNAP application on August 30. The client has four pay dates during the disaster period. He had a full paycheck on August 23, but no pay on August 30 because the business flooded. He expects full pay again for the next two pay dates, because he is back at work. Count the one pay received and the two anticipated basing the amounts for the anticipated two on the one received.

D-SNAP income does NOT include any disaster assistance payments received or expected to be received during this period from Federal, State, or local government agencies or disaster assistance or relief organizations.

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