BOARDER INCOME (FAM)

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Payments made by an individual living in the assistance group’s home that are for both lodging and meals.

Treatment: Unearned Income (even if it is an informal arrangement).

Manually reduce boarder income by the greater of:

• maximum monthly food stamp coupon allotment for the number of boarders, or

• actual expenses, if claimed and verified.

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Exception:

A boarder’s payments are excluded when the boarder is included in the assistance group because the boarder’s income is included in the assistance group’s income calculation.