Eligible – means the person is either aged, or blind, or disabled.

Ineligible – means a person who is not aged, or blind, or disabled.

Adult: We only count the eligible person and the income of the spouse (whether eligible or ineligible). If they have children, the children’s income never counts against the eligibility of the aged, blind, or disabled person. The minor child’s income can be a factor in determining how much of the ineligible spouse’s income is countable.

• For ABD benefits, Spouse means they are married by either ceremony or by common law.
• Having children in common is not a factor.

Example: Wilma and Gene live together Gene is disabled. They declared they are not married. Wilma and Gene have two children in common. Gene will be looked at in regard to ABD as a single individual.

Child: The child’s income counts against the child’s eligibility. We need to look at completing a CID in IMS to see if any of the parent’s income is deemed to the child.

Parents whose income is used in the CID calculation – biological, adopted, or step parent if those parents are not receiving SSI, SSP, TANF or on ABD-related medical. We do not count boyfriend or girlfriend income in the calculation if they are not the child’s parent or stepparent. Siblings (Biological or step) income is included in the CID to determine how much of the parent’s income would count against the blind or disabled child.

For deeming income from parent to child, refer to article ABD: CID (Calculation for Income Deeming).