Section 121.130  Residents of Shelters for Battered Women and their Children

a)         Residents (i.e., battered women and their children) of public or private non-profit residential facilities serving battered women and/or battered women and their children are eligible for food stamps if they meet the eligibility requirements of this Part and 7 CFR 273 (1987, with no later editions or amendments).  Residents of facilities which have a portion of the facility set aside on a long-term basis to serve only battered women and their children are also eligible for food stamps if they meet the eligibility requirements of this Part and 7 CFR 273 (1987, with no later editions or amendments).

b)         Residents must meet all eligibility requirements of this Part and 7 CFR 273 (1987, with no later editions or amendments) with the following special considerations:

1)         The battered woman and her child(ren) are considered an individual household in determining eligibility and the amount of food stamps benefits (7 CFR 273.1(e)(4), [1987, with no later editions or amendments]).

2)         If the resident(s) are receiving food stamps as a member(s) of the household containing the person who subjected the resident to the abuse, the resident(s) are certified as a separate household and will be authorized an additional allotment (see Section 121.64) if they meet all other eligibility requirements of this Part; however, such allotment will not be authorized more than once in a fiscal month.

3)         Assets held jointly by the resident and member(s) of the former household are exempt if the assets are not accessible to the resident without the consent of the joint owner.

4)         Upon certification of the resident(s) as a separate household, the Department shall adjust the level of benefits provided to the former household to reflect the change in household composition.

(Source:  Added at 11 Ill. Reg. 15634, effective September 11, 1987)