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• Resource limits, except note that categorically eligible households that receive lottery or gambling winnings of $4,500 or more are ineligible for benefits as allowed in Part XII.E.3; • Gross and net income limits (200 percent gross income limit is applicable for broad-based categorical eligible households); • Social Security number information; • Sponsored alien information, provided information exists in the PA case; or • Residency. Exception: Social Security number information, sponsored alien information, and residency verification is required for broad-based categorical eligible households.

If any of the following factors are questionable, the BPS must verify that the household that is categorically eligible:

• Contains only members that are TANF, GR – Unattached Child, or SSI recipients or that at least one member receives a TANF-funded service; • Meets the household definition in Part VI.A; • Includes all persons who purchase and prepare food together in one SNAP household, regardless of whether or not they are separate units for the public assistance program purposes; and, • Includes no persons as provided in Part II.G.3.b below.

For purposes of determining categorical eligibility, any household in the TANF program that is suspended for TANF or that is entitled to zero benefits under the TANF program will be a TANF household.

Categorical eligibility will continue at recertification even if a TANF review is not completed.

b. Households in which all members receive TANF, SSI, or GR – Unattached Child income or at least one member receives a TANF-funded service will not be categorically eligible if:

1. Any member who would normally participate with the household has been disqualified for an intentional program violation;

2. The head of household failed to comply with work registration or employment and training requirements;

3. The head of the household voluntarily quits or reduces work without good cause (Part VIII.B); or

4. Any member of the household is ineligible if:

i. Any member is fleeing prosecution or imprisonment or is violating probation or parole terms (Part VI.C.2.e); or TRANSMITTAL #35

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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES APPLICATION PROCESSING

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If any of the following factors are questionable, the BPS must verify that the household that is categorically eligible:

For purposes of determining categorical eligibility, any household in the TANF program that is suspended for TANF or that is entitled to zero benefits under the TANF program will be a TANF household.

Categorical eligibility will continue at recertification even if a TANF review is not completed.

b. Households in which all members receive TANF, SSI, or GR – Unattached Child income or at least one member receives a TANF-funded service will not be categorically eligible if:

1. Any member who would normally participate with the household has been disqualified for an intentional program violation;

2. The head of household failed to comply with work registration or employment and training requirements;

3. The head of the household voluntarily quits or reduces work without good cause (Part VIII.B); or

4. Any member of the household is ineligible if:

i. Any member is fleeing prosecution or imprisonment or is violating probation or parole terms (Part VI.C.2.e); or TRANSMITTAL #35