4220 Boarders - Boarders are defined as individuals or groups of individuals residing in a commercial boarding facility, or residing with others and paying reasonable compensation to the others for meals.
Boarder status shall not be granted to individuals who would not be eligible for separate household status in accordance with 4211.
EXCEPTION: Boarder status shall be granted to foster children (or foster adults) and children in the Permanent Guardian Subsidy Program if requested by the household. No portion of foster care or Permanent Guardian Subsidy payments paid on behalf of foster children (or adults) to whom boarder status has been granted shall be included as income to the household providing the care. If the household elects to include the foster children (or adults) as regular household members, the entire foster care or Permanent Guardian Subsidy payments would be considered as income to the household providing the care. Also see 6220 (2) and 6410.
NOTE: Kinship Care payments are a form of foster care. If relatives are receiving kinship payments for children in their home, the children are in foster care and shall be treated as noted in the Exception above.
4221 Commercial Boarding Facility - A commercial boarding facility is defined as an establishment which offers meals and lodging for compensation with the intent of making a profit. The number of individuals residing in a boarding house shall not be used to determine if a boarding house is a commercial enterprise. The household of the proprietor of a commercial boarding house may participate in the Food Assistance Program if that household meets all the eligibility requirements for program participation; however, the boarders may not participate either as separate households or as a part of the proprietor's household.
4222 Noncommercial Boarding Home - If an applicant household identifies any individual or group of individuals residing with them as a boarder or boarders, the worker must determine if the individual or group meets the definition of a boarder, including a determination of whether the individual or group is paying reasonable compensation for the meals provided.
(This provision does not apply to foster children or foster adults who are identified as boarders.)
To determine if the individual or group is paying reasonable compensation for board, use only the amount paid for meals if distinguishable from the payments for room. If a single payment is made for both room and meals and the meal payment cannot be distinguished, the worker shall use the entire payment to evaluate if reasonable compensation is being paid.
Boarders whose board arrangement is for more than two meals per day shall pay an amount which equals or exceeds the maximum food assistance allotment for the number of people in the boarder household; or
Boarders whose board arrangement is for two meals or less per day shall pay an amount which equals two-thirds (2/3) of the maximum food assistance allotment for the number of people in the boarder household.
Persons in a noncommercial boarding situation who do not pay reasonable compensation for their board do not meet the definition of a boarder and must be considered a member of the household which provides them meals and lodging.
Persons in a noncommercial boarding situation who meet the requirements of the definition of a boarder may not receive food assistance as a separate household but may participate as a member of the household providing them meals and lodging only upon request of that household.