Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 121 - SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) › Subpart D - ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS › Section 121.61 - Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards
1) The gross income standards of eligibility
				shall be 130 percent of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the
				Office of Management and Budget (see
				7 CFR
				273.9(a)(1)) for all
				households except categorical households as defined in Section
				121.76. Households that do not
				contain an elderly, blind or disabled person shall be considered categorically
				eligible if the household's gross income is at or below 165% of the nonfarm
				income poverty guidelines. Elderly, blind or disabled households shall be
				considered categorically eligible if the household's gross income is at or
				below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines. Households containing a
				member who is elderly, blind or disabled that are not categorically eligible
				will be exempt from this gross income check (see also
				7 CFR
				273.9(c)), but must meet the
				net income standards in Section
				121.60. To qualify for increased
				benefits, a household must contain a member who meets one of the following
				requirements:
A) A member is 60 years of age
				or older. An individual is considered age 60 in the fiscal month in which he or
				she becomes 60.
B) A member
				receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under Title XVI of the
				Social Security Act. This includes a household in which a member is receiving
				SSI income on a temporary or emergency basis pending a final decision from the
				Social Security Administration.
C)
				A member receives Social Security disability or blindness benefits under Title
				II (RSDI) of the Social Security Act.
D) A member receives State Supplemental
				Payment (SSP) due to blindness or disability.
E) A veteran with a service-connected
				disability rated or paid as totally disabled by the federal Department of
				Veterans Affairs (VA).
F) A veteran
				considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently
				housebound.
G) A veteran's
				surviving spouse who is considered in need of aid and attendance or considered
				permanently housebound by the VA or a veteran's surviving child who is
				considered permanently incapable of self-support by the VA.
H) A veteran's surviving spouse or child
				entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for
				a nonservice-connected death from the VA, if the spouse or child also has a
				disability considered permanent under Social Security requirements.
I) A member receives federal, state, or local
				government disability pension and is considered permanently disabled under
				Social Security requirements.
J) A
				member receives Railroad Retirement disability benefits.
K) A member receives an annuity payment from
				Railroad Retirement and is eligible for Medicare.
L) A member receives disability-related
				medical assistance benefits (Categories 92, 93 and P3) under Title XIX
				(Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.