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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 15

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page iii Chapter 15 Noncitizens, Refugees, and Citizenship

15.5.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................42 15.5.2 DEEMING THE SPONSOR’S INCOME AND ASSETS ...........................................42 15.5.3 EXCEPTIONS TO DEEMING ..................................................................................43 15.5.3.A Battered Noncitizens/Noncitizens Subjected to Extreme Cruelty ......................43 15.5.3.B Indigent Noncitizens .........................................................................................45 15.5.3.C Ineligible Sponsored Noncitizen .......................................................................45 15.6 DEEMING OF NON-QUALIFIED NONCITIZENS INCOME AND/OR ASSETS ..........46 15.6.1 METHOD USED IN DEEMING ................................................................................46 15.6.1.A SNAP ...............................................................................................................46 15.6.1.B WV WORKS .....................................................................................................46 15.6.1.C Parents/Caretaker Relatives .............................................................................47 15.6.1.D AFDC-Related Medicaid and Other Medicaid Coverage Groups for Families and/or Children ..................................................................................................................47 15.6.1.E SSI-Related Medicaid and Other Medicaid Coverage Groups Based on Age, Blindness, and Disability ....................................................................................................47 15.7 BENEFIT PROGRAMS...............................................................................................48 15.7.1 SNAP ......................................................................................................................48 15.7.1.A Categories Eligible for SNAP ............................................................................48 15.7.1.B Ineligible Noncitizens ........................................................................................53 15.7.2 WV WORKS ............................................................................................................54 15.7.2.A Eligible Noncitizen ............................................................................................54 15.7.2.B Ineligible Noncitizens ........................................................................................55 15.7.3 LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIEAP) .................................56 15.7.4 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (EA) ..........................................................................56 15.7.5 MEDICAID ...............................................................................................................56 15.7.5.A Medicaid Eligibility ............................................................................................56 15.7.5.B Medicaid-Eligible Noncitizens ...........................................................................56 15.7.5.B.1 Qualified Noncitizen ....................................................................................57 15.7.5.B.2 Lawfully Present Pregnant Women and Children Age 18 and Under ..........58 15.7.5.C Reasonable Opportunity Period ........................................................................60