Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 663 - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSEHOLD › Subchapter 5 - STUDENT PARTICIPATION › Section 17-663-53 - Eligibility requirements for student participation

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  In order to be eligible for participation in the food stamp program, any person
				  defined as a student shall meet at least one of the following exemption
				  criteria:
(1) Be employed for a minimum of
				  twenty hours per week, and be paid for such employment or, if self-employed, be
				  employed for a minimum of twenty hours per week and receive weekly gross
				  earnings at least equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by twenty hours;
				  or
(2) Be participating in a state
				  or federally financed work study program during the regular school year.
(A) To qualify under this provision, the
				  student must be approved for work study at the time of application for food
				  stamps, the work study must be approved for the school term, and the student
				  must anticipate actually working during that time. The exemption shall begin
				  with the month in which the school term begins or the month work study is
				  approved, whichever shall continue until the end of the month in which the
				  school term ends, or it becomes known that the student has refused an
				  assignment; and
(B) The exemption
				  shall not continue between terms when there is a break of a full month or
				  longer unless the student is participating in work study during the break;
				  or
(3) Be responsible
				  for the care of a dependent household member under the age of six; or
(4) Be responsible for the care of a
				  dependent household member who has reached the age of six but is under age
				  twelve and the branch has determined that adequate child care is not available
				  to enable the individual to attend class and satisfy the requirements of
				  paragraphs (1) or (2); or
(5) Be a
				  single parent enrolled full-time in an institution of higher education, as
				  determined by the institution, and be responsible for the care of a dependent
				  child under age twelve.
(A) This provision
				  applies in those situations where only one natural, adoptive or stepparent
				  (regardless of martial status) is in the same food stamp household as the
				  child; and
(B) If no natural,
				  adoptive, or stepparent is in the same food stamp household as the child,
				  another full-time student in the same food stamp household as the child may
				  qualify for eligible student status under this provision if this student has
				  parental control over the child and is not living with his or her spouse;
				  or
(6) Be receiving
				  federally funded benefits from the aid to families with dependent children
				  program; or
(7) Be assigned to or
				  placed in an institution of higher education through or in compliance with one
				  of the following programs:
(A) A program
				  under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (
				  29 U.S.C.
				  §794 d );
(B) The AFDC First-to-Work (FTW) program as
				  provided in subchapter
				  2 of chapter 17-794.1;
(C) The Food Stamp Employment and Training
				  (E&T) program as provided in subchapter 4 of chapter 17-684.1;
(D) A program under section 236 of the Trade
				  Act of 1974 (
				  19
				  U.S.C. 2296; or
(E) Any other employment and training program
				  operated by a state agency where one or more of the components of such a
				  program is at least equivalent to an acceptable food stamp employment and
				  training program component as specified in subchapter 4 of chapter 17-684. The
				  department shall make the determination as to whether or not the program
				  qualifies the for the exemption.
Self-initiated placements during the period of time the
					 person is enrolled in one of these employment and training programs shall be
					 considered to be in compliance with the requirements of the employment and
					 training program in which the person is enrolled, provided that the program has
					 a component for enrollment in an institution of higher education and that
					 program accepts the placement. Persons who voluntarily participate in one of
					 these employment and training programs and are placed in an institution of
					 higher education through or in compliance with the requirements of the program
					 shall also qualify for the exemption.