The CAO will consider the income and resources of legally responsible relatives (LRRs) and sponsors of aliens when determining the budget group’s eligibility.
The CAO will also consider the income of stepparents and parents of a TANF minor parent.
Exception: The CAO will not deem the income of a stepparent who is living with and caring for his or her stepchildren when the biological or adoptive parent is no longer living in the home.
An LRR is:
A spouse
Biological or adoptive parent of a TANF dependent child or a TANF minor parent.
NOTE: A putative father is not an LRR.
Deem income and resources regardless of whether they are actually available. Divide the amount as equally as possible among the budget groups if the income or resources are deemed to more than one budget group.
Do not deem income and resources from a TANF, SBP, or SSI recipient.
See Chapter 122, Citizen/Noncitizen, for information on deeming income and resources from the sponsor of an alien.
Reissued April 10, 2014, replacing October 7, 2013; reviewed March 1, 2018