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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
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?