BOARDER INCOME SR 97-32, 10/97 (FSM-A)

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

Treatment: Earned Income

Boarder income is self-employment income.

Exception:

Boarder income is excluded when it is the foster care payment of a foster child boarder who is not a member of the food stamp household.

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.

Example

An assistance group receives $350 per month for one boarder. The household claims they spend $200 per month in actual expenses.

$350 Boarder payment	$350 Boarder Payment
-122 Food stamp allotment for 1	-200 Actual Expenses
$228 Countable unearned income	$150 Countable unearned income

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.