1105.015.00 Eligibility Unit Determination

IM-81 September 21, 2023; IM-129 September 29, 2022; IM-102 October 1, 2021; IM-144 October 1, 2020; IM-149 September 27, 2019; IM-117 September 8, 2017; IM-60 September 14, 2016; IM-89 September 23, 2015; IM-47 September 10, 2014; IM-80 September 10, 2013; IM-56 June 11, 2013

An individual:

• lives alone and purchases and prepares food for home consumption
• lives with others but customarily purchases food and prepares meals for home consumption separate and apart from the others
• is eligible for delivered meals and/or communal dining program
• lives in a residential treatment program authorized by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and receives meals through the program
  • (refer to 1135.005.15 Residents of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers)
• lives with others but is unable to purchase and prepare meals because he/she is disabled; the individual must be 60 years of age or older and:
  • receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or
  • determined by the Medical Review Team (MRT) to have a non-disease-related permanent disability

Note: The countable income of the others with whom the individual resides:

• • • cannot exceed 165 percent of the poverty level; and
    • is the gross income of the others with whom the individual resides determined as if they were applying to participate in the SNAP Program