Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 704.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Program: Financial Eligibility
Section 704.310 - Composition of the EAEDC Assistance Unit and Filing Unit
Universal Citation: 106 MA Code of Regs 106.704
Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024
(A) Composition of the EAEDC Assistance Unit.
(1) When an
application is made by an elderly person, the assistance unit shall include the
elderly person;
(2) When an
application is made by a disabled person, the assistance unit shall include the
disabled person;
(3) When an
application is made by a person participating in MRC, the assistance unit shall
include the person participating in MRC;
(4) When an application is made by a person
caring for a disabled person, the assistance unit shall include the person
caring for the disabled person;
(5)
When an application is made by a caretaker for dependent children, the
following persons must be included in the assistance unit unless one or more of
these persons meets one of the exceptions provided in
106 CMR
703.700(C):
(a) the dependent child as defined in
106 CMR
701.600: Definition of
Terms; and
(b) the
siblings and half-siblings of the dependent child.
The caretaker may include or exclude himself or herself only from the assistance unit, but the caretaker may not be an assistance unit of one when the dependent children and the siblings and half-siblings in the home are foster children.
(B) Composition of the Filing Unit. The following persons must be included in the filing unit and their income must be used to determine the assistance unit's eligibility and the amount of the grant:
(1) persons in
the assistance unit as defined in
106
CMR 704.305(A);
(2) the spouse living in the home of a person
in the assistance unit who is applying for or receiving EAEDC as provided in
106 CMR
703.191: EAEDC Disability Process,
703.600: EAEDC Elderly - 65 Years of Age or Older,
703.610: EAEDC Participant in a Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
Program, 703.620: EAEDC Caring for the Disabled;
and
(3) the disabled person who is
being cared for as provided by
106 CMR
703.700: EAEDC Caretaker
Family. The income of this person must be used to determine
eligibility of the person providing the care in accordance with
106
CMR 704.340.
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