I – 016 How is eligibility for Head Start based on SSI determined?
If anyone in a prospective Head Start child’s family is receiving SSI, that child is considered income eligible for Head Start, irrespective of the child’s family’s income. Family members include the child, the child’s parent(s) or guardian(s) and any other person living in the child’s household who is supported by the income of the child’s parent(s) or guardian(s) and is related to the child’s parent(s) or guardian(s) by blood, marriage or adoption. Requirement Sec.