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Combined Manual

Combined Manual


STUDENTS

ISSUE DATE: 09/2018

Attending school may affect a person's eligibility.


MFIP:
An 18-year old is considered to be a minor child until age 19, if he/she has not received a high school diploma or GED and is:

A full-time student in a secondary school, see SECONDARY SCHOOL, 0002.59 (Glossary: RSDI....). For the definition of FULL-TIME STUDENT, see 0002.27 (Glossary: FSET...).

 

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Pursuing a full-time secondary level course, which may include vocational or technical training designed to prepare students for gainful employment.


See MINOR CHILD in 0002.41 (Glossary: Medically Necessary...).

Custodial parents under 20 may be required to attend secondary school to be eligible. See 0012.06 (Requirements for Caregivers Under 20), 0028.12 (Education Requirements).


DWP:
Follow MFIP, except that custodial parents under 20 with an education option in their Employment Plan are not eligible for DWP and should be considered for MFIP eligibility, unless part of a 2-parent family.


SNAP:
Students must meet at least 1 of the following criteria:

Under age 18 or age 50 or over.

Physically or mentally unable to work.

Attending a school that is not an institution of higher education, or attending an institution of higher education less than half time. Refer to the Guide to Determine Institution of Higher Education Status for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Program.

Employed and paid for at least 20 hours per week, or self-employed for a minimum of 20 hours per week and paid in cash at the equivalent of at least 20 times the federal minimum hourly wage. This includes on-the-job training and paid internships or apprenticeships.

Responsible for the physical care of a dependent unit member under the age of 6.

Responsible for the physical care of a dependent unit member from the ages of 6 through 11 when adequate child care is not available to enable the student to attend class and/or comply with employment or work study.

A single natural parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent (regardless of marital status) attending an institution of higher education full-time with responsibility for a child under age 12 without regard to availability of child care.

If no natural parent, adoptive parent or stepparent is in the same SNAP unit as the child, another full-time student in the same SNAP unit as the child may qualify for eligible student status under this provision if he/she has parental control over the child and is not living with his/her spouse.

Assignment, placement, or self-initiated placement in an institution of higher education or in compliance with the requirements of a program under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) or Trade Readjustment Assistance (TRA), or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training (SNAP E&T).

Participating in an on-the-job training program in which the person is involved in productive labor, is paid by an employer while learning job skills, and the employer is reimbursed for the wages. If the participant is involved solely in classroom training for a month, that month does not count as on-the-job training.

Participating in a state or federally financed work study program during the regular school year. To qualify under this provision, the student must be:

 

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Approved for work study at the time of application for SNAP.

 

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The work study must be approved for the school term.

  

AND

 

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The student must anticipate actually working during that time.

 

The exemption shall begin with the month in which the school term begins or the month work study is approved, whichever is later. The exemption shall continue until the end of the month in which the school term ends or it becomes known that the student has refused a work study assignment.

The exemption shall not continue between terms when there is a break of a full month or longer, unless the student is participating in work study during the break.

All other students are ineligible for SNAP.


MSA, GRH:
Student status does not affect eligibility.


GA:
Being a student does not make a person ineligible for GA. The following people are required to attend school to get or maintain eligibility:

Displaced homemakers. See 0013.15.33 (GA Basis - Displaced Homemakers).

High school students over age 18 whose primary language is not English. See 0013.15.48 (GA Basis - English Not Primary Language).

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PREVIOUS REVISIONS

DateNotes
04/2017 in MFIP adds information throughout for clarity.
10/2016 update references to 0017.15.18 (Employment, Training, and National Service Program Income) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) due to title/name change.
09/2016 in SNAP in the 6th and 7th bullets changes "household" to "unit".
12/2014 Removed WB.  This program was suspended 12/1/14.
08/2014 in SNAP in the 1st paragraph in the 3rd bullet updates the form title of Guide to Determine Institution of Higher Education Status for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Program. No policy was changed.

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