EITC:
Investment income must be $3,100 or less for Tax Year 2009.

LIHEAP: The asset limit is $10,000 per household and another $5,000 for each household member age 60 and above.

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Household resources must be less than $2,000 ($3,250 for households that include a member age 60 or over or a disabled household member).  Households in which all members are receiving TANF, tribal TANF, or SSI are not subject to an asset limit.

Medicaid:
For regular Medicaid, total countable assets must be at or below $2,000 for an individual, or $3,000 for a married couple.  For Medicaid for children 1-19 total countable resources must be at or below $15,000. 

Energy Assistance Program:
EAP does not look at assets.

School Meal Program:
The School Meal Program does not look at assets.

Children’s Health Insurance Program:

The Children’s Health Insurance Program does not look at assets, though the application will ask for this information to see if the child[children] will qualify for North Dakota Medicaid.

Adults without children are NOT eligible for the School Meal Program, Child Care Assistance Programs, or Medical Assistance in most cases. However, if you are 19 or 20 years old, you may still qualify for Medical Assistance--see Frequently Asked Question #2 for income limits.

See Question 2 (above) for more information about the income limits for pregnant women. Remember when counting family size for health care programs that a pregnant woman carrying one child equals two people. A pregnant women carrying twins would equal three people.

Child Care Assistance Program:

Children for whom you are applying for BBCC scholarships must be U.S. citizens or have acceptable immigration status. Parents or other caregivers do not have to be U.S. citizens or have acceptable immigration status but they do need to provide a social security number, proof of identity, and residence.

You must either be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for the entire calendar year for which you are filing taxes. The taxpayer, spouse and any qualifying children must all have valid Social Security Numbers that authorize work.

Energy Assistance:

You do not need to provide proof of U.S. citizenship or immigration status. You will be asked to provide Social Security Numbers on the application. However, you only need to provide a Social Security Number for one primary household member/applicant.

SNAP:

You must have a Social Security Number (or must have applied for one) to apply and receive benefits. Applications can be filled out only for household members who provide Social Security Numbers, however all household members will have to provide income and asset information.

Medicaid:

• You must be a U.S. citizen or have an acceptable immigration status.
• You do not have to show proof if you are getting Medicare benefits or getting or previously received Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
  

School Meal Program:

A parent's or child's immigration status does not matter as long as the child is enrolled in school.

Children's Health Insurance Program:

Must be a US Citizen or qualified alien.

• The mother or father of the child
• An adult who is not the parent, but married to either the mother or father
• A legal guardian and his/her spouse
• Unmarried parents living in the same household with a child in common

If an adult is living with one of the child’s parents but not married to that parent, he or she is NOT an eligible caregiver. Grandparents, boyfriends and girlfriends as well as other adult relatives who do not have a parental relationship with the child needing care are also NOT eligible caregivers.

If you have questions about who is an eligible caregiver within your household, contact a county worker from the Early Childhood Services Bureau.

• For Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility, money from the EITC is not counted as an asset for 9 months after it was received.
• For Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP- Food Stamps) eligibility, money from the EITC is not counted as an asset for 12 months after it was received.
• Money placed in an Individual Development Account (IDA) is never counted toward asset limits.