If a child and the child’s parent live with the child’s grandparent or significant other, must their income be included on the application for free and reduced price meals?
A household is defined as a group of related or unrelated individuals who are not residents of an institution or boarding house but who are living as one economic unit. This means they generally reside in the same house and share expenses such as rent, utilities and food. In this example, therefore, the grandparent’s or significant other’s income would be considered along with any income received by the parent. The principal exception to this rule would be payments for foster children, who live with a household but remain the legal responsibility of the court or welfare agency. In these situations, the child is considered to be a “household of one”, and only the income actually made available to the child for personal expenses is counted in making the eligibility determination.
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