Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 414 - DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING AND CARE › Division 175 - EMPLOYMENT RELATED DAY CARE PROGRAM › Section 414-175-0015 - Eligibility Group Structure

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 Household Group is used to determine whose information is relevant to the
			 application. The household group generally consists of the individuals who live
			 together with or without the benefit of a dwelling.
(a) For individuals who are experiencing
			 homelessness, the household group consists of the individuals who consider
			 themselves living together. Individuals who are experiencing homelessness who
			 do not consider themselves living together are considered separate
			 households.
(b) A separate dwelling
			 is not recognized for the purpose of determining the members of a household
			 group unless the living space has, separate from any other dwelling, an access
			 to the outside that does not pass through another dwelling, a functional
			 sleeping area, bathroom, and kitchen facility.
(c) Each individual in the household group
			 who applies for benefits is an applicant. The household group and applicants
			 form the basis for determining who is in the remaining eligibility
			 groups.
(d) A separate household
			 group is established for individuals who live in the same dwelling as another
			 household group, if all the following subsections are true:
(A) There is a landlord-tenant relationship
			 between the two household groups in which the tenant is billed by the landlord
			 at fair market value for housing.
(B) The tenant lives independently from the
			 landlord.
(C) The tenant:
(i) Has and uses sleeping, bathroom, and
			 kitchen facilities separate from the landlord; or
(ii) Shares bathroom or kitchen facilities
			 with the landlord, but the facilities are in a commercial establishment that
			 provides room or board or both for compensation at fair market value.
(e) Except when a child
			 lives with different caretakers during the month, individuals who live with
			 more than one household group during a calendar month are members of the
			 household group in which they spend more than half of their time. If a child
			 lives with different caretakers during the month, the child is considered a
			 member of both household groups.
(f) Individuals absent from the household for
			 thirty (30) days or more are no longer part of the household group, except for
			 the following:
(A) Absent because the
			 individual is in an acute care medical facility remains in the household group
			 unless the individual enters long-term care.
(B) Absent because of education, training, or
			 employment, including long-haul truck driving, fishing, or active duty in the
			 U.S. armed forces;
(C) Absent to
			 care for an emergent need of an individual related to illness, injury, or
			 death;
(D) Absent but reasonably
			 anticipated to return within ninety (90) days; or
(E) A caretaker relative who is absent for up
			 to ninety (90) days while in a residential alcohol or drug treatment facility
			 is in the household group.
(F) A
			 child who is absent for thirty (30) days or more is in the household group if
			 the child is:
(i) Absent for illness (unless
			 the child is in a long-term care Title XIX facility), social service, or
			 educational reasons; or
(ii) In
			 foster care, but expected to return to the household within the next thirty
			 (30) days.