Mandatory Household Member

Mandatory household members of an assistance unit for Cash Assistance coverage are determined by the Mandatory Household Member rules. Mandatory Household Member Exception rules define when members who would normally be mandatory members, but in certain exceptions may be optional members. These rules also define when other members of the household must be considered as mandatory members of a unit as a result of the inclusion of specific optional members in a unit.

The following household members, who live in the home, must be included for Cash Assistance coverage, their income and resources are counted and they are included in the household size:

1. Dependent child who meets the Dependent Child rules AND
2. Natural or adoptive parent(s) of the dependent child AND
3. Blood-related or adoptive siblings who satisfy the Dependent Child rules

Minor Parent

A minor parent and their dependent minor child are eligible for Cash Assistance coverage. If the Minor Parent living with Parent(s)/NPCR Exceptions are satisfied the minor parent and minor child will form an assistance unit with and without the minor parent's parents. The assistance unit with the minor parent's parents will also include the minor parent's siblings if they satisfy the dependent child rules.

• A minor parent is a parent who is under 18, has never been married and has care of a minor child.

Minor Parent living with Parent(s)/NPCR Exception

1. Household Member is a minor parent AND
2. Minor Parent is living with his/her parent(s)/non-parent caretaker relative AND
3. The Minor parent is the parent of a dependent child AND
4. Minor parent's parents or non parent caretaker relative are not currently receiving Cash Assistance AND
5. Minor parent and his/her dependent child(ren) must be included in the assistance unit AND
6. The parents or non-parent caretaker relative of the minor parent may be included (i.e. a separate assistance unit may be formed including the parents/NPCR of the minor parent) if they are otherwise eligible, and the minor parent satisfies the Dependent Child rules AND
7. If the parent or non-parent caretaker relative is included, siblings of the minor parent must also be included if they satisfy the Dependent Child rules

Household Size and Financial Unit

1. If minor parent's parents or non-parent caretaker relative are not included in the assistance unit for Cash Assistance, their income/resources are deemed but they are not included in the household size OR
2. If minor parent's parents or non parent care taker relative are included in the assistance unit for Cash Assistance, household size and financial unit consists of minor parent, minor parent's parent(s)/NPCR, minor parent's dependent child(ren) and minor parent's siblings