239.01 Student Eligibility SR 00-05, 01/00 (FSM-A)

To be eligible for food stamps, a student must meet any one of the following criteria:

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. age 17 or younger or age 50 or older.

. Physically or mentally unfit for employment.

. Employed for pay at least 20 hours a week. If self-employed, the individual must work at least 20 hours a week and earn at least the federal minimum hourly wage.

. Participating during the regular school year in a federal or state funded work-study program.

. Enrolled in school through a JTPA program.

. Eligible for and receiving TANF financial assistance.

. Enrolled in school through the NHEP program.

. Responsible for the care of a dependent household member who is either:

- under 6 years old, or

- at least 6 years old but not yet 12 years old, and the District Office has determined that no adequate child care is available to enable the student to attend class and to comply with work requirements.

. A full-time student in higher education who is a single parent and responsible for the care of a dependent child who is a household member and is under age 12, regardless of availability of adequate child care.

- To be considered a single parent, the individual, regardless of marital status, cannot be living with a spouse or other natural, step or adoptive parent of the child.

- If no natural, adoptive or stepparent lives in the same food stamp household as the child, a full time student in the household may qualify as a single parent provided the individual has parental control over the child and is not living with his or her spouse.

. Participating in an on the job training (OJT) program.

- A person is considered participating in OJT only during the time period in which the person is actually being trained by the employer.