§ 416.1142 - If you live in a public assistance household.

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Definition. A public assistance household is one in which every member receives some kind of public income-maintenance payments. These are payments made under—

Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families);

Title XVI of the Social Security Act (SSI, including federally administered State supplements and State administered mandatory supplements);

The Refugee Act of 1980 (Those payments based on need);

The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;

General assistance programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs;

State or local government assistance programs based on need (tax credits or refunds are not assistance based on need); and

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs programs (those payments based on need).

How the presumed value rule applies. If you live in a public assistance household, we consider that you are not receiving in-kind support and maintenance from members of the household. In this situation, we use the presumed value rule only if you receive food or shelter from someone outside the household.