Nonhousehold Members

In some cases individuals residing within a household cannot be considered SNAP household members. Such persons are termed nonhousehold members. Except for disqualified individuals described in 106 CMR 361.230(D), the nonhousehold member's income and resources shall not be considered in determining the household's eligibility and benefit level. Nonhousehold members who are otherwise eligible may participate in the program as separate households. Nonhousehold members include: (A) Roomers. Roomers are individuals to whom the household furnishes lodging, but not meals, for compensation. (B) Live-in Attendants. Individuals who reside with a household to provide medical, housekeeping, child care, or other similar personal services to household members. (C) Students. Individuals enrolled in an institution of higher education who are ineligible because they fail to meet the eligibility criteria found at 106 CMR 362.400: Student Status. (D) Disqualified Individuals. Disqualified individuals are people who have been disqualified for any of the reasons described in 106 CMR 367.800: Disqualification Penalties or other sections specified in 106 CMR 361.230(D)(1) through (4): (1) because they failed to comply with the SNAP Work Program; (2) because they failed to comply with the requirement to provide and verify a Social Security number at 106 CMR 362.500: Social Security Numbers; (3) because they have an undetermined noncitizen status, nonimmigrant noncitizen status, or illegally residing noncitizen status as described in 106 CMR 362.220: Noncitizens; or (4) because they are legal noncitizens ineligible for federal SNAP benefits as described in 106 CMR 362.220: Noncitizens. (E) Others. Other individuals, with the exception of spouses, parents and their children younger than 22 years old, and children younger than 18 years old living under parental control of an adult household member in accordance with 106 CMR 361.200, who share living quarters with the household but do not purchase food and prepare meals with the household.