Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) Who is
considered a boarder?
Boarders include:
(1)
Individuals or groups of individuals who live with someone who is providing
their meals and lodging in exchange for a "reasonable amount" of money;
and
(2) Adults or children placed
in foster care by a government agency;
(3)
Children for whom guardianship payments are received as
defined in rule
5101:4-1-03 of the
Administrative Code; and
(4)
Children for whom kinship support payments are received
as defined in rule
5101:2-42-18.2 of the
Administrative Code.
(B) How is a "reasonable amount" determined
for meals and lodging?
To determine
when an individual is paying a reasonable amount
for meals and lodging, only the amount paid for meals shall be used. A
reasonable monthly payment shall be either of the following:
(1) For individuals who are provided more
than two meals a day, reasonable compensation shall be an amount that equals or
exceeds the maximum monthly supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
allotment for the appropriate size of the boarder household; or
(2) For individuals who are provided two
meals or less per day, reasonable compensation shall be an amount that equals
or exceeds two-thirds of the maximum monthly SNAP allotment for the appropriate
size of the boarder household.
(C) Are boarders eligible to receive SNAP?
(1) Boarders are not eligible to participate
in SNAP by themselves.
(2) Boarders
may participate as a member of the assistance group providing their meals and
lodging, only at the assistance group's request.
(D) How is a boarder's income and resources
counted for the assistance group?
(1) The
income and resources of a boarder who is not included as a member of the
assistance group are not counted toward the assistance group.
(2) When the boarder is an assistance group
member, his or her income and resources are available to the assistance group
and are counted in the eligibility determination as described in division
5101:4 of the Administrative Code.
(E) How is the payment
from boarders counted for the assistance group?
(1) Payments from a boarder, except
individuals in foster care, shall be treated as self-employment income.
(2) The income from boarders shall
include all direct payments to the assistance group for meals and lodging,
including contributions to the assistance group's shelter expenses. Shelter
expenses paid directly by boarders to someone outside of the assistance group
shall not be counted as income to the assistance group.
(3) The income of the assistance group owning
and operating a commercial boarding house shall be handled as self-employment
income and the criteria in rule
5101:4-6-11 of the
Administrative Code shall apply.
(4)
Foster care
payments for children or adults,guardianship payments for children, and kinship
support payments for children, who are members of the assistance group are to
be considered unearned income when received by the assistance
group.
(F) How is
the cost of doing business determined?
In determining the income received from boarders, the county
agency shall exclude the portion of the boarder payment that is a cost of doing
business. The amount allowed as a cost of doing business shall not exceed the
payment the assistance group receives from the boarder for lodging and meals.
The county agency may elect one of the following methods to determine the cost
of doing business:
(1) The maximum
monthly SNAP benefit for an assistance group that is equal to the number of
boarders; or
(2) The actual
documented cost of providing lodging and meals, when the actual cost exceeds
the appropriate maximum monthly benefit amount or the self-employment standard
deduction as
described in rule
5101:4-6-11 of the
Administrative Code. When actual costs are used, only separate and identifiable
costs for lodging and meals shall be excluded.
(G) What deductible expenses are used to
determine the monthly allotment?
The net income from self-employment shall be added to other
earned income and the twenty per cent earned income deduction is applied to the
total. Shelter costs the assistance group actually incurs, even
when the
boarder contributes to the assistance group's shelter expenses, are computed to
determine
when the assistance group will receive a shelter
deduction. The shelter costs shall not include any shelter expenses directly
paid by the boarder to a third party, such as the landlord.
