Section 704.310 - Composition of the EAEDC Assistance Unit and Filing Unit(A)Composition of the EAEDC Assistance Unit. (1) When an application is made by an elderly person, the assistance unit shall include the elderly person;(2) When an application is made by a disabled person, the assistance unit shall include the disabled person;(3) When an application is made by a person participating in MRC, the assistance unit shall include the person participating in MRC;(4) When an application is made by a person caring for a disabled person, the assistance unit shall include the person caring for the disabled person;(5) When an application is made by a caretaker for dependent children, the following persons must be included in the assistance unit unless one or more of these persons meets one of the exceptions provided in 106 CMR 703.700(C): (a) the dependent child as defined in 106 CMR 701.600: Definition of Terms; and(b) the siblings and half-siblings of the dependent child. The caretaker may include or exclude himself or herself only from the assistance unit, but the caretaker may not be an assistance unit of one when the dependent children and the siblings and half-siblings in the home are foster children.
(B)Composition of the Filing Unit. The following persons must be included in the filing unit and their income must be used to determine the assistance unit's eligibility and the amount of the grant:(1) persons in the assistance unit as defined in 106 CMR 704.310(A);(2) the spouse living in the home of a person in the assistance unit who is applying for or receiving EAEDC as provided in 106 CMR 703.191: EAEDC Disability Process, 703.600: EAEDC Elderly - 65 Years of Age or Older, 703.610: EAEDC Participant in a Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Program, 703.620: EAEDC Caring for the Disabled; and(3) the disabled person who is being cared for as provided by 106 CMR 703.620: EAEDC Caretaker Family. The income of this person must be used to determine eligibility of the person providing the care in accordance with 106 CMR 704.340.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1461, eff. 1/4/2022.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1465, eff. 1/4/2022.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1521, eff. 5/10/2024.