Are children for whom households receive adoption assistance payments under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act automatically eligible for free school meals?
: No. Although Sections 673 and 674 of the Social Security Act specify that, for purposes of Titles XIX (medical assistance and XX (child care), children whose parents receive adoption payments shall be deemed to be recipients of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (now TANF), the statute did not extend this TANF equivalency to the NSLP, SBP, or SMP. Additionally, since there is no legislative prohibition from considering the adoption assistance payments as income, the amount of assistance MUST be included as household income in the free and reduced price meal eligibility determination.
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