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2. An eligible Reach Up essential caregiver.

h. An individual participating in the Job Corps program, who normally returns home on weekends is entitled to be a member of the Reach Up household.

i. The Reach Up household shall not include an individual receiving benefits under the SSI/AABD program.

1. A SSI/AABD recipient receiving benefits under the SSI/AABD program include disabled individuals, who received SSI/AABD, became gainfully employed, and were subsequently granted 1619(b) status by the Social Security Administration.

2. These individuals shall continue to be considered SSI/AABD recipients during any months in which their 1619(b) status remains in effect, whether they receive SSI/AABD payments during those months.

j. The Reach Up household shall not include a sibling or a parent subject to the five-year bar for qualified immigrants.

2236 Caretaker Reach Up Household (08/01/2024, 23-28)

a. There can be only one person designated as the eligible caretaker for the Reach Up household at any given time. b. An eligible caretaker (rule 2223) may qualify for inclusion in the Reach Up household.

c. Caretakers receiving benefits under the SSI/AABD program are not eligible for inclusion in a Reach Up household (rule 2235).

d. Eligible caretakers included in a Reach Up household with their own children cannot be included in a caretaker Reach Up household.

e. If a parent living in the home is incapable of exercising parental obligations, both the parent and an eligible caretaker living with the child and responsible for the child’s care and supervision may be included in the Reach Up household.

f. A caretaker may apply and be eligible for two or more Reach Up households when the households include children who are not siblings or half-siblings (rule 2223).

g. The Department shall take the following steps to determine the eligibility for a caretaker Reach Up household: 1. First, the Department shall determine the eligibility of the child’s Reach Up household without the caretaker; 2. Second, the Department shall determine whether the caretaker is applying for their own needs to be included in the Reach Up household if the child’s Reach Up household is eligible; and 3. Third, the Department shall determine the difference between the child’s Reach Up benefit amounts,

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2. An eligible Reach Up essential caregiver.

h. An individual participating in the Job Corps program, who normally returns home on weekends is entitled to be a member of the Reach Up household.

i. The Reach Up household shall not include an individual receiving benefits under the SSI/AABD program.

2. These individuals shall continue to be considered SSI/AABD recipients during any months in which their 1619(b) status remains in effect, whether they receive SSI/AABD payments during those months.

j. The Reach Up household shall not include a sibling or a parent subject to the five-year bar for qualified immigrants.

2236 Caretaker Reach Up Household (08/01/2024, 23-28)

c. Caretakers receiving benefits under the SSI/AABD program are not eligible for inclusion in a Reach Up household (rule 2235).

d. Eligible caretakers included in a Reach Up household with their own children cannot be included in a caretaker Reach Up household.

f. A caretaker may apply and be eligible for two or more Reach Up households when the households include children who are not siblings or half-siblings (rule 2223).