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Which members of a household do MFIP and DWP count for determining the household size?

Not everyone in a household may be eligible to receive MFIP or DWP assistance. Members who are eligible are called the “assistance unit”.

To be eligible a household must either include minor children or, if no children are present, be a pregnant woman.

The number of people in the assistance unit determine the amount of the MFIP grant. See Combined Manual 0014.03.03 (Determining the Cash Assistance Unit).

“Child only cases” are situations in which no adult counts as a member of the assistance unit.

Most of these families are not subject to work requirements and time limits. The exceptions are adults who have been disqualified because of fraud. In those situations the adult is still subject to work requirements and time limits. See Combined Manual 0014.06 (Who Must Be Excluded From Assistance Unit).