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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-36 - Food assistance employment and training: displacement of other persons

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Is it allowable for a supplemental
			 nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and training
			 (E&T) participant to displace a person from
			 employment?
Participants in the SNAP E&T program shall not be
				assigned to program activities that result in the displacement of other
				persons. Displacement occurs when a participant's assignment results in
				removing or discharging employees or otherwise denying such employment to
				persons who:
(1) Are already employed
			 as regular full-time or part-time employees.
(2) Are or have been employed full time or
			 part time as participants in a subsidized employment program/on-the-job
			 training or in other publicly subsidized employment and training
			 programs.
(3) Are or have been
			 involved in a dispute between a labor organization and the employer or
			 sponsor.
(4) Have been laid off and
			 are either:
(a) Receiving unemployment
			 compensation; or
(b) Subject to
			 recall under the established policies of the employer or sponsor.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-38 - Food assistance employment and training: conciliation process

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The county agency shall have a conciliation process to resolve
				disputes that arise concerning required supplemental nutrition assistance
				program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T)
				participation. The conciliation process may be initiated by the participant or
				by the county agency. The conciliation process shall be posted within the
				county agency and shall be given in writing to each SNAP
				E&T participant during the appraisal interview
				pursuant to the provisions of rule
				5101:4-3-29 of the
				Administrative Code.
(A) What should
			 the conciliation process include?
The conciliation process shall include, but is not limited
				to:
(1) Disputes over
			 assignments.
(2) Inappropriate
			 treatment by a county agency employee or worksite supervisor.
(3) Irregular work hours that create a severe
			 hardship on the participant.
(4)
			 Worksite assignments that deviate from the normal duties of the job.
(5) Disagreement with disciplinary action at
			 the worksite involving the participant.
(6) Other areas of concern to the participant
			 relating to participation.
(7)
			 Disputes concerning working conditions and workers' compensation
			 coverage.
(8) Wage rate
			 calculations to determine the hours of participation.
(9) Disputes concerning failure to
			 participate in the SNAP employment and training program.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-39 - Food assistance employment and training: job retention

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Job retention provides opportunities
				for training and skill development to improve employment outcomes, job
				retention and promote long-term self-sufficiency and independence for
				supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and training
				(E&T) participants.
(A)
								What are job retention services?
Job retention services are an allowable
				SNAP E&T activity designed to help achieve satisfactory performance, retain
				employment and to increase earnings over time.
(B)
								What is the goal
			 of job retention services?
The goal of job retention services is
				to assist SNAP E&T participants in improving basic skills, increasing
				employability, aiding in career advancement and enabling SNAP E&T
				participants to gain better employment.
(C)
								What types of
			 activities may be provided as part of job retention services?
Job retention services may include but
				are not limited to:
(1)
									Financial literacy planning;
(2)
									Employer
			 mediation;
(3)
									Job coaching;
(4)
									Workplace
			 literacy;
(5)
									Training/skills enhancement; and
(6)
									Supportive
			 services such as reimbursement for costs associated with transportation and
			 childcare.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-40 - Food assistance employment and training: work-based learning

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is
			 work-based learning?
Work-based learning is a supplemental nutrition assistance
				program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T) component that emphasizes
				employer engagement and enables SNAP E&T
				participants to move into regular public or private employment. A work-based
				learning activity is to include an element of training that fosters in-depth,
				firsthand engagement with the tasks required in a given field that are aligned
				to curriculum and instruction. Work-based learning activities may also include
				an element of interaction or participation in industry or occupational real
				world settings.
(B) What is
			 the goal of work-based learning?
The goal of work-based learning is to improve the employability
				of the SNAP E&T participant through actual work experience, training or
				both. Improving employability means providing the participant with new
				knowledge, skills and work experience that enable the participant to obtain
				employment and/or gain better employment.
(C) What activities are included in
			 work-based learning?
Work-based learning program activities can include, but are not
				limited to the following:
(1)
			 Internships;
(2)
			 Pre-apprenticeships;
(3)
			 Apprenticeships;
(4) Customized
			 training;
(5) Transitional
			 jobs;
(6) Incumbent worker
			 training;
(7) On-the-job workers
			 training as defined under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
			 (7/2014); or
(8) Subsidized
			 employment.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-01 - Food assistance: resource standards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
An assistance group who has not been determined categorically
				eligible in accordance with rule
				5101:4-2-02 of the
				Administrative Code must be under the resource limit in order to be eligible
				for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits. Resource limits
				are reviewed and adjusted annually. The amounts are updated in the statewide
				automated eligibility system and the county agencies are notified of the
				amounts by issuance of a food assistance change transmittal, which can be found
				in the food assistance certification handbook at the Ohio department of job and
				family services website:
http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov
.
(A) What are the types of resources?
There are two types of resources:
(1) Liquid resources: cash on hand, money in
			 checking or savings accounts, savings certificates, stocks or bonds, and
			 lump-sum payments as specified in rule
			 5101:4-4-07 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(2) Non liquid
			 resources: personal property, buildings, land, recreational properties, and any
			 other property such as boats, vacation homes, and mobile homes provided that
			 these resources are not specifically excluded under rule
			 5101:4-4-03 of the
			 Administrative Code. The value of nonexempt resources shall be the equity
			 value. The equity value is the fair market value less encumbrances.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-03 - Food assistance: exempt resources

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Which resources are exempt?
The following resources are exempt:
(1) Home and surrounding property.
(a) The home and surrounding property that is
			 not separated from the home by intervening property owned by others is
			 considered part of the home 
										that is an exempt resource. Public rights of way,
			 such as roads 
										that run through the surrounding property and separate
			 it from the home, will not affect the exemption of the property. The home and
			 surrounding property continue to be an exempt resource even when a portion of
			 the surrounding property is income-producing.
(b) The home and surrounding property shall
			 remain exempt when temporarily unoccupied for reasons of employment, training
			 for future employment, illness, or uninhabitability caused by casualty or
			 natural disaster when the assistance group intends to return.
(c) An assistance group that currently does
			 not own a home, but owns or is purchasing a lot on which it intends to build or
			 is building a permanent home, shall receive an exemption for the value of the
			 lot and, when it is partially completed, for the
			 home.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-07 - Food assistance: special resource situations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) How are jointly
			 owned resources counted?
(1) Resources owned
			 jointly by separate assistance groups shall be considered available in their
			 entirety to each assistance group, unless the assistance group can demonstrate
			 that the resources are inaccessible to the applicant assistance group. When the
			 assistance group can demonstrate that it has access to only a portion of the
			 resource, the value of that portion of the resource shall be counted toward the
			 assistance group's resource level. The resource shall be considered totally
			 inaccessible to the assistance group when the resources cannot be practically
			 subdivided and the assistance group's access to the value of the resource is
			 dependent on the agreement of the joint owner who refuses to comply.
(2) For purposes of this provision,
			 ineligible aliens or disqualified individuals residing with the assistance
			 group shall be considered assistance group members; non assistance group
			 members shall be considered separate from other assistance group
			 members.
(3) Resources shall be
			 considered inaccessible to persons residing in shelters for battered persons
			 and children when the resources are jointly owned by such persons and by
			 members of their former assistance group and the shelter resident's access to
			 the value of the resources is dependent on the agreement of a joint owner who
			 still resides in the former assistance group.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-09 - Food assistance: transfer of resources

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) When does the county agency ask the
			 assistance group about resources?
This rule applies to assistance groups with a member
				who:
(1) Is disqualified for an
			 intentional program violation in accordance with division 5101:6 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(2)
									Is ineligible because of a failure to comply with
			 
									requirements of rules 5101:4-3-11.1,
									 5101:4-3-19
			 
									and 5101:4-3-09 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(3)
									In accordance
			 with rule
			 5101:4-2-03
			 of the Administrative Code, is ineligible because of the following:
(a)
										Violating a
			 condition of probation or parole:
(b)
										Fleeing to avoid
			 prosecution, custody, or confinement; or
(c)
										Having a
			 conviction of certain crimes and are out of compliance with their
			 sentence.
(4) Has previously been
			 disqualified due to substantial lottery or gambling winnings and has not
			 regained eligibility as described in rule
			 5101:4-6-32
			 of the Administrative Code.
When one of the these circumstances exist, the county agency
				shall ask the assistance group to provide information regarding resources any
				assistance group member (or ineligible alien or disqualified person whose
				resources are being considered available to the assistance group) has
				transferred within the three-month period immediately preceding the date of
				application or recertification. The county agency must determine if the
				transfer of resources was appropriate. When it is determined it was an
				inappropriate transfer of resources, the assistance group may be disqualified
				for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-11 - Food assistance: income standards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The income eligibility standards
			 for the supplemental nutrition program (SNAP) are
			 issued through a food assistance change transmittal, which can be found in the
			 food assistance certification handbook at the Ohio department of job and family
			 services website. The standards are adjusted annually on October
			 first.
(B) "Assistance group
			 income" shall mean all countable income from
			 whatever source as defined in rule
			 5101:4-4-19 of the
			 Administrative Code excluding only the items specified in rule
			 5101:4-4-13 of the
			 Administrative Code. The income considered is that received over the proposed
			 certification period.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-13 - Food assistance: types of excluded income

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following payments shall be excluded as income for
				supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP):
(A) Any gain or benefit that is not in the
			 form of money payable directly to the assistance group including in-kind
			 benefits. In-kind benefits are those for which no monetary payment is made on
			 behalf of the assistance group and include meals, clothing, public housing, or
			 produce from a garden.
(B) Payments
			 made to a third party on behalf of the assistance group are included or
			 excluded as income as follows:
(1) Public
			 assistance vendor payments are counted as income unless they are made for
			 medical assistance, child care assistance, energy assistance as defined in
			 paragraph (I)(4) of this rule, emergency assistance (including, but not limited
			 to housing and transportation payments) for migrant or seasonal farm worker
			 assistance groups while they are in the job stream, or housing assistance
			 payments made through a state or local housing authority.
(2) Public assistance provided to a third
			 party on behalf of an assistance group that is not specifically excluded from
			 consideration as income under paragraph (B)(1) of this rule shall be considered
			 for exclusion under the emergency and special assistance category. To be
			 considered emergency or special assistance and excluded, the assistance must be
			 provided over and above the normal public assistance payment or cannot normally
			 be provided as part of such payment.
(3) Reimbursements made in the form of vendor
			 payments, monetary payments made on behalf of an assistance group by a person
			 or organization outside of the assistance group directly to either the
			 assistance group's creditors or to a person or organization providing a service
			 to the assistance group, are excluded on the same basis as reimbursements paid
			 directly to the assistance group in accordance with paragraph (E) of this
			 rule.
(4) In-kind or vendor
			 payments that would normally be excluded as income but are converted in whole
			 or in part to a direct cash payment under a federally authorized demonstration
			 project or waiver shall be excluded from income.
(5) Rent or mortgage payments made to
			 landlords or mortgagees by the department of housing and urban development
			 (HUD) are excluded.
(6) Monies that
			 are legally obligated and otherwise payable to the assistance group, but are
			 diverted by the provider of the payment to a third party for a household
			 expense, shall be counted as income and not excluded. When a person or
			 organization makes a payment to a third party on behalf of an assistance group
			 using funds that are not owed to the assistance group, the payment shall be
			 excluded from income.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-19 - Food assistance: countable income

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is countable income?
Countable income is earned income minus the twenty per cent
				earned income deduction as described in rule
				5101:4-4-23 of the
				Administrative Code plus any unearned income. Types of excluded income are
				listed in rule
				5101:4-4-13 of the
				Administrative Code.
(B)
			 What is earned income?
Earned income includes:
(1) All wages and salaries of an employee
			 including:
(a) Garnished or diverted payments
			 from wages; and
(b) The gross
			 amount of sick pay, without any deductions for taxes and other work expenses,
			 when the payee is a current employee of the payer.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-23 - Food assistance: deductions from income

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A deduction is considered in the month the expense is billed or
				otherwise becomes due. However, in the case of reimbursable medical expenses, a
				deduction can only be considered within thirty days of receiving the
				verification of the amount of reimbursement. The preceding applies regardless
				of when the assistance group intends to pay the expense. Deductions from income
				shall be verified in accordance with rule
				5101:4-2-09
				of the Administrative Code.
Deductions for each assistance group are allowed only for the
				following:
(A) Gross earned income
			 deduction: twenty per cent deduction of gross earned income. No additional
			 deductions (i.e., taxes, pensions, union dues, and the like) except for costs
			 of self-employment, are allowed from earned income. Excluded earned income is
			 not subject to this deduction. The earned income of a disqualified member is
			 subject to this deduction.
(B)
			 Standard deduction: each assistance group regardless of its income receives the
			 corresponding standard deduction for the assistance group size. In accordance
			 with
			 7 C.F.R
			 273.9 (as in effect on the effective date
			 of this rule), the United States department of agriculture (USDA) food
			 nutrition service (FNS) determines the amount of the standard deduction based
			 on the federal poverty guidelines and indexing of the cost of living increase
			 for each federal fiscal year. The Ohio department of job and family services
			 (ODJFS) provides this figure to the county agencies on an annual basis via a
			 food assistance change transmittal, that can be found in the food assistance
			 certification handbook at the ODJFS website.
(C) Excess medical deduction: that portion of
			 medical expenses that is nonreimbursable, over thirty-five dollars per month,
			 excluding special diets, incurred by any assistance group member who is elderly
			 or disabled as defined in rule
			 5101:4-1-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
(1) Who is
			 eligible for this deduction?
(a)
										An
			 assistance group with potential categorical eligibility that contains a
			 supplemental security income (SSI) applicant that is determined ineligible but
			 later becomes categorically eligible and entitled to restored benefits shall
			 receive restored benefits using the excess medical deduction from the beginning
			 of the period for which SSI benefits are paid, or the original supplemental
			 nutrition assistance program (SNAP) application date, whichever is later, when
			 the assistance group incurs such expenses.
(b) Persons receiving emergency SSI benefits
			 based on presumptive eligibility are eligible for this deduction.
(c)
										Individuals who are a dependent of a
			 recipient of SSI or disability/blindness benefits are not eligible for this
			 deduction if they are receiving benefits as a spouse or other
			 person.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-27 - Food assistance: determining monthly food assistance benefits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) How is a
			 monthly benefit allotment determined?
The monthly supplemental nutrition assistance
				program (SNAP) benefit can be determined several ways. The benefit amount
				can be determined through the statewide automated eligibility system, by using
				the basis of coupon/EBT issuance table, or by doing a
				manual budget. When calculating monthly benefits without using the statewide
				automated eligibility system the county agency must use the maximum food
				assistance allotment table and may need to use the basis of coupon/ EBT
				issuance table and the maximum net monthly income standards. All of these
				tables are issued annually through a food assistance change transmittal,
				that can
				be found in the food assistance certification handbook at the Ohio department
				of job and family services website.
(1) To determine an assistance group's
			 monthly 
									SNAP allotment using the basis of coupon/EBT
			 issuance table:
(a) Calculate the assistance
			 group's net monthly income according to rule
			 5101:4-4-31 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(b) When the
			 assistance group is categorically eligible according to rule
			 5101:4-2-02 of the
			 Administrative Code and thus not subject to the net income standard, find the
			 monthly allotment on the basis of coupon/ EBT issuance table using the net
			 income of the assistance group and the appropriate assistance group
			 size.
(c) When the assistance group
			 is subject to the net income standard, compare the assistance group's net
			 monthly income to the maximum net monthly income standard. When the assistance
			 group's net income is greater than the net monthly income standard, the
			 assistance group is ineligible. When the assistance group's net income is equal
			 to or less than the net monthly income standard, the assistance group is
			 eligible. Find the allotment amount on the basis of coupon/EBT issuance table
			 using the net income of the assistance group and the appropriate assistance
			 group size.
(d) Eligible assistance
			 groups of one or two persons are eligible for a full monthly benefit of no less
			 than the minimum benefit allotment.
(e) Assistance groups containing three or
			 more members shall receive the actual calculated allotment.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-4 - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-4-39 - Food assistance: allotment computation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) How is the supplemental nutrition
			 assistance program (SNAP) allotment determined?
Except for computation of the initial allotment or when
				circumstances as defined in rule
				5101:4-7-13 of the
				Administrative Code are in effect, the assistance group's monthly allotment
				shall be equal to the maximum SNAP allotment for the assistance group's size,
				reduced by thirty per cent of the assistance group's net monthly income. After
				multiplying the net income by thirty per cent, the county agency shall round
				the product up to the next whole dollar when it ends in one through ninety-nine
				cents prior to subtracting that amount from the maximum SNAP allotment. This
				rounding method shall be used in all determinations of allotments.
(B) What is the minimum issuance
			 amount in an initial month?
When the calculation of benefits for an initial month made in
				accordance with rule
				5101:4-4-27 of the
				Administrative Code would yield an allotment of less than ten dollars for the
				assistance group, no benefits shall be issued to the assistance group for the
				initial month.
(C) What are
			 the minimum allotment amounts?
Only eligible one-person
				and two-person assistance groups shall receive the "minimum benefit" as defined
				in rule
				5101:4-1-03 of the
				Administrative Code, for each month following the initial month.
(D) What happens when there is
			 eligibility after the gross income test but not after the net income test?
When the assistance group is program eligible after the gross
				income test, but, after calculating net income is ineligible due to income in
				excess of the net income standard (issued in a food assistance change
				transmittal letter located in the food assistance certification handbook on the
				Ohio department of job and family services website), the county agency shall
				deny the assistance group's application . For those
				eligible assistance groups that are entitled to no benefits in their initial
				month of application but are entitled to benefits in subsequent months, the
				county agency shall certify the assistance groups beginning with the month of
				application, but not issue benefits until the second or subsequent
				month.
(E) How are changes
			 in circumstances that affect an assistance group's income eligibility standard
			 handled?
When an assistance group's circumstances change and it becomes
				entitled to a different income eligibility standard, the county agency shall
				apply the different standard at the next recertification or whenever the county
				agency changes the assistance group's eligibility, whichever occurs first. This
				applies when an assistance group loses or gains an elderly or disabled member
				or when an assistance group has a change in its categorical eligibility
				status.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-5 - Eligibility Determination › Section 5101:4-5-03 - Food assistance: establishing certification periods

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is a
			 certification period?
A certification period is the amount of time an assistance
				group is authorized to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
				benefits. The county agency shall certify each eligible assistance group for a
				definite period of time. The county agency shall not require an assistance
				group to report for an interview during their certification period.
(B) What is the first month of the
			 certification period?
The first month of the certification period is the first month
				that the assistance group is eligible to participate including an initial month
				in which no benefit is issued due to the initial proration being less than ten
				dollars. The certification period cannot exceed a total of twelve months,
				except as specified in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(C) How long is the certification period?
At application or recertification the county agency shall
				assign the longest certification period possible based on the predictability of
				the assistance group's circumstances. Assistance groups shall be assigned a
				twelve month certification period unless an assistance group meets one of the
				following exceptions:
(1)
									
									The elderly
			 or disabled assistance group's (ED AG) certification period is assigned
			 in accordance with paragraph (D) of this rule; or
(2) When the assistance group has unstable
			 circumstances the certification period is to be assigned in accordance with
			 paragraph (E) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-5 - Eligibility Determination › Section 5101:4-5-07 - Food assistance: delayed eligibility determinations for initial applications

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What happens when an eligibility
			 determination on an initial application is not made within thirty days?
When the county agency cannot make an eligibility determination
				within thirty days from the date of application, the cause of the delay must be
				determined. Depending on the cause of the delay, a notice of either denial or
				of pending status must be provided on the thirtieth day for applications that
				are delayed in processing. The county agency shall determine the cause of the
				delay using the following criteria:
(1) Assistance group caused delays
(a) The assistance group is at fault when the
			 assistance group fails to complete the application process (e.g. failure to
			 provide required verifications or complete an interview) even though the county
			 agency has taken the required actions to assist the assistance group as
			 described in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule.
(b) When the assistance group fails to
			 participate in the first interview and a subsequent interview has been
			 requested by the assistance group but is postponed at the assistance group's
			 request or cannot otherwise be rescheduled until after the twentieth day but
			 before the thirtieth day following the date the application was filed, the
			 assistance group must participate in the interview and provide verification by
			 that thirtieth day; otherwise, the delay shall be the fault of the assistance
			 group.
(c) When the assistance
			 group fails to participate in the first interview, fails to schedule a second
			 interview, and/or the subsequent interview is postponed at the assistance
			 group's request until after the thirtieth day following the date the
			 application was filed, the delay shall be the fault of the assistance group.
			 When the assistance group has missed both scheduled interviews and requests
			 another interview, any delay shall be the fault of the assistance
			 group.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-01 - Food assistance: determining eligibility of individuals in drug addiction and alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Narcotic addicts or alcoholics who regularly participate in
				publicly operated or private non-profit drug addiction or alcoholic (DAA)
				treatment and rehabilitation programs on a resident basis may voluntarily apply
				for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP).
(A) What is the certification process for DAA
			 treatment center residents?
(1) Applications
			 shall be made through an authorized representative who is employed by the DAA
			 treatment center and designated by the center for that purpose.
(2) The county agency shall require the
			 assistance group to designate the DAA treatment center as its authorized
			 representative for the purpose of receiving and using an allotment on behalf of
			 the assistance group.
(3) Residents
			 shall be certified as a one-person assistance group unless their children are
			 living with them, in that case their children shall be included in the
			 assistance group.
(4) The county
			 agency shall certify residents of DAA treatment centers using the same
			 provisions that apply to all other assistance groups, including, but not
			 limited to, the same rights to notices of adverse action and fair
			 hearings.
(5) The county agency
			 shall conduct periodic random on-site visits to the DAA treatment center to
			 ensure the accuracy of the list (as provided in paragraph (C) (3) of this rule)
			 and that the county agency's records are consistent and up to date.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-02 - Food assistance: shared parenting

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule describes the process the county agency shall use
				when determining eligibility for a dependent child in a shared parenting
				arrangement.
(A) What are shared
			 parenting arrangements?
Shared parenting arrangements
				include:
(1)
									Formal, court ordered arrangements;
(2)
									Informal
			 arrangements agreed upon mutually by both parents; or
(3)
									A combination of
			 both formal, court ordered arrangements and informal arrangements.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-03 - Food assistance: boarders and income from boarders

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Who is
			 considered a boarder?
Boarders include:
(1)
			 Individuals or groups of individuals who live with someone who is providing
			 their meals and lodging in exchange for a "reasonable amount" of money;
			 and
(2) Adults or children placed
			 in foster care by a government agency;
(3)
									Children for whom guardianship payments are received as
			 defined in rule
			 5101:4-1-03
			 of the Administrative Code; and
(4)
									Children for whom
			 kinship support payments are received as defined in rule 5101:2-42-18.2 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-04 - Food assistance: student enrolled in an institution of higher education

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Who is considered to be an ineligible
			 student?
(1) An individual who is enrolled at
			 least half-time, as determined by the school, in an institution of higher
			 education shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition
			 assistance program (SNAP) unless the individual qualifies for one of the
			 exemptions in paragraph (B) of this rule.
(2) An individual is considered to be
			 enrolled in an institution of higher education when the individual is enrolled
			 in a business, technical, trade, or vocational school that normally requires a
			 high school diploma or equivalency certificate for enrollment in the curriculum
			 or when the individual is enrolled in a regular curriculum at a college or
			 university that offers degree programs regardless of whether a high school
			 diploma is required.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-07 - Food assistance: strikers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Who is considered a striker?
(1) Anyone involved in a strike or concerted
			 stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration
			 of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other
			 concerted interruption of operations by employees.
(2) Any employee affected by a lockout,
			 however, shall not be deemed to be a striker.
(3) An individual who goes on strike but is
			 exempt from work registration requirements on the day
			 prior to the strike, other than those exempt solely on the grounds of being
			 employed at the site of the strike, shall not be deemed to be a striker.
			 Prestrike eligibility shall be determined by considering the day prior to the
			 strike as the day of application and assuming the strike did not
			 occur.
(4) When a striker obtains
			 another job working at least thirty hours per week (or receiving weekly
			 earnings equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty hours per
			 week), the
			 individual becomes exempt from work registration but continues to be
			 considered a striker until a formal, written resignation is submitted to the
			 first employer.
(5) Examples of
			 nonstrikers who are eligible for participation in the supplemental nutrition
			 assistance program (SNAP) include, but are not limited to:
(a) Employees whose workplace is closed by an
			 employer in order to resist demands of employees (e.g. a lockout).
(b) Employees unable to work as a result of
			 striking employees (e.g. striking warehouse staff preventing
			 products from being 
										packed for
			 delivery and, consequently, truck drivers who are not working because
			 there are no packages to deliver).
(c) Employees who are not part of the
			 bargaining unit on strike not wanting to cross a picket line due to fear of
			 personal injury or death.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-09 - Food assistance: expedited service

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule provides the income calculation, certification and
				verification procedures, the processing standards, and other special procedures
				applicable to assistance groups eligible for expedited service.
(A) What is expedited service?
Expedited service means that assistance groups are determined
				eligible for benefits within twenty-four hours or seven days because of the
				assistance group's circumstances. The county agency's application procedures
				shall be designed to identify assistance groups eligible for expedited service
				at the time an assistance group applies for assistance. A receptionist,
				volunteer, or other employee shall be responsible for screening all requests
				for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits as they are
				received or screening individuals when they come into the office to
				apply.
(B) Who is entitled
			 to twenty-four hour expedited service processing?
All assistance groups whose net income is zero as calculated in
				accordance with rule
				5101:4-4-31
				of the Administrative Code, and who have liquid resources of one hundred
				dollars or less shall be certified for SNAP benefits within twenty-four hours,
				or 
									when
				mitigating circumstances occur, within seventy-two hours. The county agency
				shall also provide the assistance group a list of community assistance programs
				that provide emergency food.
(C) Who is entitled to receive benefits
			 within seven days?
(1) Assistance groups with
			 less than one hundred fifty dollars in gross monthly income, as calculated in
			 accordance with rule
			 5101:4-4-31
			 of the Administrative Code and who have liquid resources of one hundred dollars
			 or less.
(2) Migrant or seasonal
			 farm worker assistance groups defined as destitute as described in paragraph
			 (F) of this rule who have liquid resources of one hundred dollars or
			 less.
(3) Assistance groups whose
			 combined monthly gross income and liquid resources are less than the assistance
			 group's monthly rent or mortgage and utilities including entitlement to a
			 standard utility allowance, as appropriate.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-11 - Food assistance: determining eligibility of assistance groups with income from self-employment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) How is self-employment income determined?
(1) Averaging self-employment income
(a) Self-employment income must be averaged
			 over the period the income is intended to cover, even when the assistance group
			 receives income from other sources. When the averaged amount does not
			 accurately reflect the assistance group's actual circumstances because the
			 assistance group has experienced a substantial increase or decrease in
			 business, the county agency must calculate the self-employment income on the
			 basis of anticipated, not prior, earnings. When possible the county agency
			 should secure a copy of the self-employed individual's tax return. The income
			 listed on the previous year's tax return should be used to estimate the
			 expected earnings.
The internal revenue service (IRS) publications: IRS
				publications 17, "Your Federal Income Tax"; and 334, "Tax Guide for Small
				Business"; provide detail on how self-employment income is handled for federal
				income tax purposes and can be accessed on the IRS website
http://www.irs.gov
.
(b) When the assistance group's
			 self-employment enterprise has been in existence for less than a year, the
			 income from the self-employment enterprise must be averaged over the period of
			 time the business has been in operation and the monthly amount projected for
			 the coming year.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-13 - Food assistance: determining eligibility of assistance groups with ineligible members

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When an assistance group member cannot participate because he
				or she: has committed an intentional program violation, is a fleeing felon, is
				sanctioned in accordance with rule 5101:4-3-11.2 of the Administrative Code,
				has a social security number (SSN) disqualification, has failed to comply with
				an Ohio works first (OWF) requirement as described in rule
				5101:4-3-09
				of the Administrative Code, is an ineligible able-bodied adult without
				dependents, is an individual who has self-attested to
				being convicted of and is out of compliance with terms of a sentence for crimes
				described in rule
				5101:4-2-03
				of the Administrative Code, or is an ineligible alien, the eligibility
				and benefit level of any remaining assistance group members shall be determined
				in accordance with the procedures described in this rule.
(A) How is the eligibility and benefit level
			 determined for an assistance group that contains a member who has committed an
			 intentional program violation, has a fleeing felon disqualification, has been
			 convicted of and is out of compliance with the terms of a sentence for crimes
			 described in rule
			 5101:4-2-03
			 of the Administrative Code, or is sanctioned in accordance with rule
			 5101:4-3-11.2 of the Administrative Code?
(1)
			 The income and resources of the ineligible member(s) shall count in their
			 entirety and the entire assistance group's allowable earned income, medical,
			 dependent care, legally obligated child support, and excess shelter deductions
			 shall continue to apply to the remaining assistance group members.
(2) The ineligible member shall not be
			 included when determining the assistance group size for the purposes of:
(a) Assigning a benefit level to the
			 assistance group;
(b) Comparing the
			 assistance group's monthly income with the income eligibility standards;
			 or
(c) Applying the standard
			 deduction.
(3) A notice
			 of adverse action is not required when an individual with an intentional
			 program violation is removed during the certification period as described in
			 rule
			 5101:6-2-05
			 of the Administrative Code. The county agency shall notify the remaining
			 members of their eligibility at the same time the excluded member is notified
			 of his or her intentional program violation.
(4) A notice of adverse action shall be sent
			 to the remaining assistance group members when a fleeing felon or a sanctioned
			 individual is removed during the certification period as described in rule
			 5101:6-2-04
			 of the Administrative Code.
(5) No
			 assistance group's benefit allotment shall be increased as a result of the
			 exclusion of a member who has committed an intentional program violation, has a
			 fleeing felon disqualification or is sanctioned.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-6 - Determining Eligibility for Specific Groups › Section 5101:4-6-15 - Food assistance: determining eligibility of an assistance group when other non-assistance group members share the same address

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A non-assistance group member is a member of the household who
				is not included in the assistance group such as: an individual who purchases
				and prepares separately, a roomer, live-in attendant, boarder,
				 or an ineligible
				student.
(A) How are the income and
			 resources of non-assistance group members treated?
For all non-assistance group members who are not specifically
				mentioned in rule
				5101:4-6-13
				of the Administrative Code income and resources of such individuals shall not
				be considered available to the assistance group with whom the individual
				resides.
(B) How are cash
			 payments made by a non-assistance group member to an assistance group member
			 treated?
Cash payments from a non-assistance group member to an
				assistance group will be considered income under the normal income standards
				specified in rule
				5101:4-4-19
				of the Administrative Code, unless the non-assistance group member is making a
				payment directly to the vendor. Payments made directly to a vendor shall be
				excluded as income.
(C) How
			 are expenses shared between a non-assistance group member and an assistance
			 group member treated?
(1) When the assistance
			 group shares deductible expenses with the non-assistance group member, only the
			 amount actually paid or contributed by the assistance group shall be deducted
			 as an assistance group expense.
(2)
			 When the payments or contributions cannot be differentiated, the expenses shall
			 be prorated evenly among the individuals actually paying or contributing to the
			 expense and only the assistance group's prorated share is deducted. If the
			 assistance group is eligible for a utility allowance the utility allowance is
			 not prorated.
(3) When the
			 non-assistance group member and any assistance group member contribute to the
			 costs of any utility covered under one of the utility allowances as described
			 in rule
			 5101:4-4-23
			 of the Administrative Code the assistance group is entitled to the full utility
			 allowance.