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2012 Food Stamp/ SNAP Advocacy Guide
About MLRI, Acknowledgements, and Copyright
Introduction
SNAP Part I -- Application and Proofs
SNAP Part II -- General Eligibility Rules
15. What is a SNAP household or assistance unit?
16. Can I get benefits separately from other people I live with?
17. Who cannot be a separate SNAP household?
18. What if I am elderly or disabled and live with other people but I cannot buy and cook my own food?
19. Are there special rules for elders and persons with disabilities?
20. Who is considered a United States citizen?
21. Am I eligible if I am a legal immigrant?
22. How can my work history help qualify me so that I don’t have to wait the five years?
23. If I am a legal immigrant adult, how do I prove disability so I do not have to wait five years?
24. What are the special immigrant eligibility rules for battered immigrants and their families?
25. Can my children get benefits if I am an ineligible immigrant?
26. Will receiving SNAP benefits hurt my immigration status or will DTA report me to immigration authorities?
27. How does DTA count the income of an ineligible immigrant who lives with eligible persons?
28. Does the income of an immigrant’s sponsor count?
29. What if I am homeless or live in a shelter?
30. Can I get benefits if I am disabled and live in a group home?
31. Can I get benefits if I live in a hospital, school, or other residential institution?
32. What if I am a boarder or I live in someone else’s home?
33. What if I am caring for a foster child or disabled foster adult?
34. What if I am a college student?
35. What if I have a criminal record or DTA says I am a “fleeing felon”?
36. Who must register for work and do job search, and who’s exempt?
37. Are there work rules for childless adults ages 18 to 50 years?
38. What if I have a “good cause” for not meeting the SNAP work registration or work search rules?
39. Am I eligible for SNAP if I quit a job or am on strike?
40. What is “good cause” for quitting a job?
SNAP Part III -- Financial eligibility
SNAP Part IV -- Getting and Using Food Stamp/ SNAP Benefits
SNAP Part V -- Proving Continuing Eligibility
SNAP Part VI -- Appeal Rights
SNAP Part VII -- Overissuances and Fraud
SNAP Appendices
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2012 Food Stamp/ SNAP Advocacy Guide
SNAP Part II -- General Eligibility Rules
General rules regarding eligibility.
15. What is a SNAP household or assistance unit?
16. Can I get benefits separately from other people I live with?
17. Who cannot be a separate SNAP household?
18. What if I am elderly or disabled and live with other people but I cannot buy and cook my own food?
19. Are there special rules for elders and persons with disabilities?
20. Who is considered a United States citizen?
21. Am I eligible if I am a legal immigrant?
22. How can my work history help qualify me so that I don’t have to wait the five years?
23. If I am a legal immigrant adult, how do I prove disability so I do not have to wait five years?
24. What are the special immigrant eligibility rules for battered immigrants and their families?
25. Can my children get benefits if I am an ineligible immigrant?
26. Will receiving SNAP benefits hurt my immigration status or will DTA report me to immigration authorities?
27. How does DTA count the income of an ineligible immigrant who lives with eligible persons?
28. Does the income of an immigrant’s sponsor count?
29. What if I am homeless or live in a shelter?
30. Can I get benefits if I am disabled and live in a group home?
31. Can I get benefits if I live in a hospital, school, or other residential institution?
32. What if I am a boarder or I live in someone else’s home?
33. What if I am caring for a foster child or disabled foster adult?
34. What if I am a college student?
35. What if I have a criminal record or DTA says I am a “fleeing felon”?
36. Who must register for work and do job search, and who’s exempt?
37. Are there work rules for childless adults ages 18 to 50 years?
38. What if I have a “good cause” for not meeting the SNAP work registration or work search rules?
39. Am I eligible for SNAP if I quit a job or am on strike?
40. What is “good cause” for quitting a job?
‹ 14. My worker always refers to “BEACON.” What is BEACON?
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