SNAP Eligibility Requirements Technical and Financial Eligibility.

SNAP Eligibility Requirements

Technical and Financial Eligibility

There are 2 Basic Levels of SNAP Eligibility

1. Technical Eligibility means: Elements not dealing with money received or saved.

2. Financial Eligibility means:Elements relating to financial circumstances of the client

Areas of Eligibility Associated with Technical Eligibility

Residency Enumeration Citizenship and Alien Status Identity Work Registration Household Size and

Composition

Areas of eligibility dealing with Financial Eligibility

Resources Income

We will first look at technical eligibility requirements...

Residency

HH must apply in the State in which they reside.

Verified at application and address change

Residency

Refer to the Online Policy Manuals, to answer the next Residency questions on page 1 of your Notes Pages.

EnumerationSSN

Social Security Numbers are required for all HH Members. No SSN? KAMES will assign a

pseudo number. Member must agree to apply for

a SSN to receive SNAP.

Enumeration

SSN

Refer to the Online Policy Manual to answer the next few Enumeration questions on your Notes Page...

Citizenship

HH member/s must be either U.S. citizens or legal residents to receive SNAP. Alien status is verified at initial

application, for new HH members, and at each re-cert until “Permanent Resident Alien” Status is obtained.

For SNAP, Client Statement is accepted for U.S. Citizens.

Alien Status

To receive SNAP, immigrants must: Be a Qualified Alien Meet special SNAP criteria

Your Mission:Go to the Best Practices Handbook, and review the “Aliens (Revised 8/03)” document to answer the next few questions on your Notes Pages.

Identity

Who must verify? Applicant Head of Household and Authorized

representative, if applying for household

Identity

On your Notes Pages, list a few items we might be able to use to verify citizenship.

Work Registration

HH members between 18-59 inclusive, must work register, unless exempt.

Our Work Registration program is called the Employment and Training Program (ETP).

Household Size &

Composition

This relates to who is in the home, and who will be included in the case. Verified at application and if HH

size or composition changes.

We will look more closely at Household Composition and Work Registration in upcoming assignments on Blackboard...

Can you list them all without peeking at your notes?

How many Technical Eligibility factors are there?

Take the Technical Eligibility Challenge on your Notes Pages to find out!

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You have completed the Technical Eligibility Assignment.