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The policy on this page is from a previous version of the handbook.
7 CFR 271.2
An elderly individual is a food unit member age 60 or older.
A disabled individual is a food unit member who meets one or more of the following criteria:
Receives disability or blindness benefits from any of these programs: SSA , MA , SSI or SSI related MA, Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).
Receives a VA payment and meets one of the criteria listed in 3.8.1.2.
Receives a disability retirement benefit from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act (Social Security Act requirements of disabled).
This includes the disability payment paid out from governmental employee trust fund (ETF) accounts for instance; Wisconsin ETF Disability Payments. However, it does not include income continuation payments which may be paid by the same ETF accounts. This level of disability is usually short term and not permanent.
If an individual is certified as disabled or blind by one of the above agencies, but has not received the initial benefit, consider him or her disabled.
An individual receiving retirement benefits from the RRB and found eligible for Medicare by the RRB is disabled. An individual who receives general assistance and meets the SSI program disability criteria is also disabled.
Use the elderly and disabled definitions to determine food unit membership; restaurant eligibility; student status; and medical, shelter, and utility deductions.
Under certain specific circumstances an individual and his or her spouse who are both elderly and/or disabled may be a separate food unit even if they are living and eating with others. See 5.2.1 for rules related to FoodShare-E eligibility.
The definition of a disabled veteran is:
A veteran with a disability rated by the VA as total or paid as total by the VA, or
A veteran or surviving spouse of a veteran considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound, or
A surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be permanently incapable of self-support, or
A surviving spouse or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for a non-service connected death and has a disability considered permanent by SSA .
This page last updated in Release Number: 14-01
Release Date: 02/27/14
Effective Date: 02/27/14
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