Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE › Title 106 CMR 365.000 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): special situation households › Section 365.810 - Expedited Service Households

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
To qualify for expedited service, an applicant household need
				only meet one of the following circumstances.
(A)
$150 Gross Income
			 Household
. A $150 gross income household is a household whose
			 gross income for the month of application does not exceed $150 and whose liquid
			 assets, as described in
			 106 CMR 363.100:
Assets
, do not exceed $100.
(B)
Destitute (Migrant)
			 Household
. A destitute household is a migrant or seasonal
			 farmworker household whose liquid assets, as described in
			 106 CMR 363.100:
Assets
, do not exceed $100 and who has little or no income in
			 the month of application because an income source has been terminated, is new,
			 or because one income source is new and one income source is terminated, as
			 defined in 106 CMR 365.810(B).
(1)
Terminated Source
. If a household is to be eligible
			 for expedited issuance on the basis of a terminated source of income, the
			 household must reasonably expect to receive no income from that source during
			 the balance of the month of application and the next month if the household had
			 been receiving income from this source monthly or more frequently. A household
			 having received income less frequently than monthly, must reasonably expect to
			 receive no income from this source when the next payment would normally have
			 been received.
(2)
New
			 Source
. If the household is to be eligible for expedited service
			 on the basis of a new source of income, the income received or reasonably
			 expected to be received during the periods of time described below must not
			 exceed $25:
(a) The ten days following the
			 date of application; and
(b) The 30
			 days before the date of application if income is normally received monthly or
			 more frequently than monthly, or during the last normal interval between
			 payments if income is normally received less frequently than monthly.
(3)
Terminated Source
			 and New Source
. If the household is to be eligible for expedited
			 service during a month in which it has received income from both a terminated
			 source and a new source, no income from the terminated source must be
			 reasonably expected to be received during the balance of the month of
			 application and not more than $25 must be reasonably expected to be received
			 from the new source during the ten days following the date of application.
A household member who has changed jobs and continues to work
				for the same employer shall be considered as still receiving income from the
				same source.
A household member's source of income shall be considered to be
				from the grower for whom the member is working and not from the crew chief. A
				member who travels with the same crew chief but moves from one grower to
				another shall be considered to have moved from a terminated income source to a
				new source.
Travel advances received from a new employer by a household to
				journey to the new employment shall be disregarded when determining whether a
				household is eligible for expedited service but may be considered when
				determining the household's eligibility and benefit level in accordance with
				106
				CMR 365.850.