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Policy 2.3

11. The State agency has specific policies or lists examples concerning the determination of the economic unit for (check all that apply): ☒ Foster children ☒ Divorced/legally separated parents; step parents ☒ Absentee spouse (military hardship tours, etc.) ☒ Cohabitation ☒ Institutionalized applicants (including incarcerated applicants) ☒ Homeless applicants ☒ Minors ("emancipated" minors) ☒ Separate economic units under the same roof ☒ Striker/unemployed ☒ Students away at school ☒ Self-employed applicants ☒ Other (specify): Kinship Care ADDITIONAL DETAIL: Certification and Eligibility Appendix and/or Procedure Manual (citation): Click or tap here to enter text.

12. Mid-Certification Disqualification a. The State agency ensures that local agencies are required to stipulate that an individual is not automatically disqualified mid-certification since she/he no longer participates in one or more of the Programs for which they were originally determined adjunctively/automatically income eligible. ☒ Yes ☐ No

b. WIC regulations specify that when income eligibility is reassessed mid-certification, State/local agencies are required to reevaluate the Programs for which the individual could be determined adjunctively/automatically income eligible. If the individual cannot qualify based on eligibility for one of these Programs, eligibility must be determined based on WIC income guidelines and disqualification made only after all options are exhausted. The State agency ensures its policy and procedures comply with this requirement: ☒ Yes ☐ No

B. Nutrition Risk Determination, Documentation and Priority Assignment

1. Nutrition Risk Determination and Documentation