Documentation

Documentation means:
(a) The completion of the following information on a free and reduced-price application:
(1) Names of all household members;
(2) Income received by each household member, identified by source of income (such as earnings, wages, welfare, pensions, support payments, unemployment compensation, social security and other cash income);
(3) The signature of an adult household member; and
(4) The last four digits of the social security number of the adult household member who signs the application, or an indication that the adult does not possess a social security number; or
(b) For a child who is a member of a SNAP or FDPIR household or who is a TANF recipient, “documentation” means the completion of only the following information on a free and reduced price application:
(1) The name(s) and appropriate SNAP, FDPIR or TANF case number(s) for the child(ren); and
(2) The signature of an adult member of the household; or
(c) For a child in a tier II day care home who is a member of a household participating in a Federally or State supported child care or other benefit program with an income eligibility limit that does not exceed the eligibility standard for free or reduced price meals:
(1) The name(s), appropriate case number(s) (if the program utilizes case numbers), and name(s) of the qualifying program(s) for the child(ren), and the signature of an adult member of the household; or
(2) If the sponsoring organization or day care home possesses it, official evidence of the household's participation in a qualifying program (submission of a free and reduced price application by the household is not required in this case); or
(d) For an adult participant who is a member of a SNAP or FDPIR household or is an SSI or Medicaid participant, as defined in this section, “documentation” means the completion of only the following information on a free and reduced price application:
(1) The name(s) and appropriate SNAP or FDPIR case number(s) for the participant(s) or the adult participant's SSI or Medicaid identification number, as defined in this section; and
(2) The signature of an adult member of the household; or
(e) For a child who is a Head Start participant, the Head Start statement of income eligibility issued upon initial enrollment in the Head Start Program or, if such statement is unavailable, other documentation from Head Start officials that the child's family meets the Head Start Program's low-income criteria.

Source

7 CFR § 226.2


Scoping language

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