California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - April 22, 2003

This ACIN provides answers to food stamp questions on budgeting, income definitions and non-citizens with a disability. The answers to two of those questions are as follows:

The income of an ineligible non-citizen living in the home of a food stamp household is prorated among household members including excluded household members. All but the prorated share of the excluded household members' income is counted as income to the eligible household members in accordance with MPP §63-503.442(b). This amount is added to income of the eligible food stamp household members to determine if the household income meets the gross income test.

An IHSS provider is not self-employed. The employer is the IHSS recipient. Income is considered earned income per MPP §63-502.131.