63-238.1Definition |
Shared living expenses include allowable shelter, utility and/or dependent care expenses which the CalFresh eligible household member(s) shares with an excluded/ineligible household member(s) or another household which may or may not be participating in CalFresh. |
63-238.2Sharing Utility Expenses with Excluded, or Ineligible Household Members |
When the household lives with and shares utility expenses with an excluded/ineligible household member(s), the worker should not prorate the SUA. |
63-238.3Sharing Expenses with Separate Households |
The CalFresh household may live with another household(s), which may or may not participate in CalFresh. If these households share shelter and/or utility expenses, the worker shall allow actual expenses for each household to determine the shelter deduction based in its household composition: · The full utility allowance if the CalFresh eligible household(s) is eligible for a utility allowance, and · The actual shelter/rent/mortgage cost paid by the household. |
63-238.4Sharing Shelter Expenses with Excluded Members |
The worker shall identify which excluded members are contributors. Contributors are those household members who share the residence and the expense of the residence by paying or obligating money from their separate income or resources.
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63-238.5Example: Excluded CalFresh Household Member Not Contributing |
Household Composition:
In the household composition above, the worker would not consider the father in the proration calculation solely based on the relationship with the mother. He is not calculated into the proration because he has no income therefore lacking the means to make a contribution. |
63-238.6Expense Shared With Excluded SSI Recipients / Students |
If the CalFresh household shares deductible expenses with members who are excluded because they are SSI recipients or excluded students, amounts contributed by those excluded members will be deducted from the allowable expense. Only the remaining dollar amount will be allowed as the CalFresh household’s deduction. · If payments or contributions made by these excluded members cannot be differentiated, the expenses will be prorated evenly among the members contributing to the expense and only the CalFresh household’s prorated share is counted as the deduction. · If an SSI recipient and/or excluded student household member does not contribute to the household expenses, he/she is not counted in the proration. NOTE: The proration does not apply to the SUA. |
63-238.7Calculating Shelter Expenses in Shared Living Situations |
To prorate
within the CalFresh household:
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Example 1Shared Living Situation: Ineligible Noncitizen with Income |
Household composition:
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Example 2Shared Living Situation: Not Contributors Ineligible Noncitizen |
Household composition:
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Example 3Shared Living Situation: Ineligible Noncitizen, Separate HH, and Excluded Student |
Household composition:
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Example 4Shared Living Situation: SSI recipient, and IPV |
Household composition:
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Example 5Shared Living Situation: Ineligible Noncitizen/ Non-Family Member |
Household composition:
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Example 6Shared Living Situation: SSI Grandmother, SSI Child, and Ineligible Noncitizen Adult |
Household composition:
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63-238.8Deduction Decision Chart for Shared Living Situations |
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