Washington Administrative Code
Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Chapter 388-406 - Applications
Section 388-406-0021 - How does being a migrant or seasonal farmworker affect my application for Basic Food?
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
The rules in this section apply to Basic Food assistance.
(1) A migrant farmworker is a person who travels away from home on a regular basis, usually with a group of other workers, to seek employment in an agriculturally related activity. A migrant assistance unit is an assistance unit that travels for this purpose.
(2) A migrant assistance unit (AU) is an AU that travels for this purpose.
(3) A seasonal farmworker is a person who:
(4) Agricultural work is field work in either planting, cultivating, or harvesting a crop.
(5) We consider your AU a seasonal farmworker AU if it receives its only countable income from:
(6) Your migrant or seasonal farmworker is destitute if:
(7) If someone in your AU changes jobs but still works for the same employer, we consider them to be receiving income from the same source.
(8) If your AU is a migrant or seasonal farmworker AU, and your certification period ends, we do not prorate your benefits for the first month of your new certification period unless your certification period ended more than a month before you turned in your application to recertify your benefits.
(9) If your migrant or seasonal farmworker AU is destitute:
Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510. 03-22-039, § 388-406-0021, filed 10/28/03, effective 12/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.04.510. 99-24-008, § 388-406-0021, filed 11/19/99, effective 1/1/00.