The individuals whose resources are deemed is determined as part of the
household determination rules. For every individual in the financial unit
whose resources are is deemed carry out the following steps:
- If the individual is a sponsor, carry out Sponsor to Alien
Deeming
- If the individual is a major parent who is not included in the
assistance unit for Cash Assistance, carry out Parent to Child Deeming
(major parent to minor parent)
- If the individual is the spouse of an eligible non parent caretaker
relative, carry out Spouse to Spouse Deeming
Resource Deeming Exceptions
Resources from the
following individuals are not deemed:
- Resources of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient
Sponsor to Alien Deeming
The sponsor definition
and sponsor deeming exception rules for income deeming must be applied
first when deeming resources. See the Alien Sponsor chapter.
For
each sponsor, determine the resources to be deemed to the alien as
follows:
- If the sponsor does not have a spouse living in the home:
- Calculate countable resources for the sponsor AND
- Subtract $1500 from the countable resources AND
- Deem the remainder to the alien.
- If the sponsor does have a spouse living in the home:
- Calculate countable resources for the sponsor and spouse
AND
- Subtract $1500 from the countable resources AND
- Deem the remainder to the alien.
Parent to Child Deeming (major parent to minor
parent)
- Calculate countable resources for the parent(s) AND
- Deem the ineligible parent(s) total countable resources to the
eligible child
Spouse to Spouse Deeming
- Calculate countable resources for the ineligible spouse AND
- Deem the ineligible spouse's total countable resources to the
eligible individual