Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 20 - Division of County Operations › Rule 016.20.17-006 - SNAP Resource Limit

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
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			 Process 4- Determining Household Composition
The county office must notify by memorandum the Office of
				Program Planning and Development, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
				(SNAP) Section, Slot S33S, of each such determination, Including the names of
				the sponsor and the sponsored non-citteen Involved-
1621.7.3
Battered Alien*
SNAP Manual 06/01/01
A battered alien Is:
An alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme
				cruelty In the United States by a spouse or a parent or a member of the
				spouse's or parent's family residing in the same household as the alien at the
				time of the abuse, an alien whose child has been battered or subjected to
				battery or cruelty, or an alien child whose parent has been
				battered.
The sponsor's income and resources will not be deemed to
				battered aliens for 12 months after the county office worker determines that
				the battering is substantially connected to the household's need for SNAP
				benefits and that the alien does not live with the batterer. After 12 months,
				the sponsor's income and resources will not be deemed to the battered alien
				if:
* The battery Is recognized by a court or the INS;
* The battery has a substantial connection to the need for
				benefits; and
* The alien does not live with the batterer.
1621.7.4
Deeming the Sponsor's
			 Income
SNAP Manual xx/xx/xx
Deeming procedures are used to determine the amount of the
				sponsor's resources and income to be used in the SNAP budget of the sponsored
				alien's household. Deemed income and resources will continue to be used in the
				household's budget for the entire deeming period. The deeming period Is three
				years from the alien's date of entry Into the United States.
Deemed resources will be determined through the following
				actions:
1. Determine the sponsor's
			 total countable resources using
SNAP 7400
as a
			 guideline. Include the resources of the sponsor's spouse If the sponsor and his
			 or her spouse are living together.
2. Reduce the sponsor's total countable
			 resources by $1,500.
Example:
A sponsor reports the
				following resources-$500 checking account and $2000
savings account. Total resources are $2,500 - $1,500 =
				$1,000.
3. Add the sponsor's
			 deemed resources to any resources declared by the alien's household.
4. Compare the totat resources (the deemed
			 portion of the sponsor's resources and the resources declared by the alien's
			 household) to the maximum resource limits, which are $2,250 for households
			 without a member age 60 or older and $3,500 for all households with at least
			 one member age 60 or older,
5. Deny
			 the application If the household's total resources exceed the appropriate
			 maximum resource limit.
*
Note:
For individuals who sponsor
				more than one alien, the deemed resources will be prorated among the aliens who
				have applied to participate or who are actually participating in the
				Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
If the sponsored alien's household Is eligible based upon
				resources, determine the amount of the sponsor's income by completing the
				following actions:
1. Determine the
			 sponsor's total gross monthly-earned Income. Include net self-employment
			 Income. Include SSI and other public assistance payments. Include the earned
			 Income of the sponsor's spouse If the sponsor and his/her spouse are living
			 together. (This income must be Included even If the sponsor and spouse were not
			 married at the time the agreement to sponsor was signed.) To determine gross
			 monthly income, follow the Instructions in
SNAP
			 7500
.
2. Calculate the
			 earned Income deduction and subtract It from the sponsor's gross earned income.
			 (See the
Current Standards Appendix
for the current
			 percentage used to calculate the earned Income deduction.) The result Is the
			 sponsor's net earned Income.
3. Add
			 together all the unearned income of the sponsor and his or her spouse. Do not
			 Include Income excluded under
SNAP 5400
. The result is
			 the sponsor's total unearned Income.
4. Add together the sponsor's net earned
			 income and total unearned income. The result Is the sponsor's net
			 income.
5. Subtract from the
			 sponsor's net Income the maximum gross SNAP Income allowable for the sponsor's
			 correct household size. To determine the sponsor's correct household size.
			 Include all individuals who could be or who are claimed as tax dependents even
			 those not actually living with the sponsor.
6. Use the resulting amount as unearned
			 Income In the sponsored alien's SNAP budget. (If the sponsor actually provides
			 money to the sponsored alien, any money in excess of the deemed Income amount
			 will be shown In the alien's SNAP budget In addition to the deemed income.)
disqualified member. Apply the $3,500 resource limit only
				if one of the eligible members is aged or disabled as defined In the Glossary,
				definition of
Aged/Disabled
. Close the case if there
				are no eligible household members. Notify the household of the closure via
Notice of Action
(OCO-1). State on the DCO-1 when the
				household may reapply,