475 NAC 3-001.10A
A household may be composed of any of the following individuals or groups of individuals:
1. An individual living alone;
2. An individual living with others, but customarily purchasing food and preparing meals for home consumption separate and apart from the others;
3. A group of individuals who live together and customarily purchase food and prepare meals together for home consumption;
4. An individual who is 60 years of age or older and who is unable to purchase and prepare meals separate from other household members because:
a. S/he suffers from a disability considered permanent by SSA; or
b. S/he suffers from a non-disease-related, severe, permanent disability.
An individual meeting the above criteria may be a separate household provided that the income of the others with whom the individual resides (excluding the income of the spouse of the elderly and disabled member) does not exceed the 165 percent poverty guidelines. The individual’s spouse would be included in the household with the disabled individual.
Information on the 165 percent of poverty guidelines is located at 475-000-201.
5. Children (age 22 or older) and their parent(s) may be separate households if they purchase and prepare their meals separately;
6. A foster child in the Independent Living Program under the supervision of the Department; or
7. A resident who lives in an institution which is:
a. Providing federally subsidized housing for the elderly under Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959;
b. Serving residents of a chemical dependency treatment and rehabilitation program;
c. Serving disabled individuals in group homes;
d. Serving women or women with children who temporarily reside in a shelter for battered women and children. These persons are considered as individual household units for the purpose of applying for and participating in the Food Stamp Program; or
e. Serving the homeless.
Note: Other residents of institutions are not eligible if the institution provides the residents with the majority of their meals. Residents of institutions who jointly apply for SSI and food stamp benefits before release from the institution are not eligible until their date of release.
Information concerning residents of institutions who are eligible for food stamp benefits due to an exception of the rules is located at 475 NAC 1-002 (7 of 10) 'Residents of Institutions.
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