211.11 Who Is Not a Member (FSM)

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Do not include the following in the SNAP household:

• Individuals disqualified for any of the reasons listed in FSM 211.03, Disqualified Individuals;

• Individuals excluded for any of the reasons listed in FSM 611.05, Income of Disqualified and Excluded Individuals;

• Non-household members who reside with the certified household. Non-household members are the following:

- roomers;

- live-in attendants;

- ineligible students; or

- others sharing living quarters but purchasing and preparing meals separately.

• Boarders, including foster care children who are not considered members of the certified household with whom they live.

• Residents of institutions who receive the majority of their meals (over 50% of three meals daily) from an institution not authorized to accept SNAP.

 Exception: Residents of authorized group living arrangements, drug or alcohol treatment programs, shelters for the homeless or battered women and children, or federally subsidized housing for the elderly may be eligible.

• New household members still certified in another household.

• New households that have splintered off an existing household and the members are still open in the former household because the advance notice period has yet to expire. The new household will be eligible the month following the month in which the advance notice period expires.

Exception: Residents in shelters for battered women and children may receive up to 2 allotments in 1 month. See FSM 237.05, Two Issuances in the Same Month.

References: RSA 161:4-a,IV; 7 CFR 273.1; 7 CFR 273.2(j)(2)(vii)-(ix); 7 CFR 273.11(g)(2); 7 CFR 273.16