When determining eligibility for Cash Assistance, the eligible unit must have a head of household. Program rules determine the assistance units that exist within the household.
The adult household member's must agree and designate a head of household. The case worker records the selected head of household for the household. The household's selected head of household is assigned to the assistance unit in which s/he is either an eligible member of the assistance unit or an excluded/non household member or an optionally excluded member. This assistance unit is the initial or primary assistance unit. A head of household may be end-dated and a new head of household added.