Section 704.435 - EAEDC Living Arrangement(A)Definition. In order to be eligible for EAEDC, the living arrangement of EAEDC applicants or clients must be one of the following: (1)Living Arrangement A: an EAEDC individual or EAEDC family who is responsible for a shelter cost, including, but not limited to, rent, mortgage, real estate taxes, insurance, fuel or utility expenses or room or board expenses from a licensed lodging house, and who:(b) Lives with others (including another assistance unit, applying for or receiving TAFDC where there is no legal obligation to support), except as provided in 106 CMR 704.435(A)(2) or (3);(2)Living Arrangement B: an EAEDC individual or EAEDC family who lives with another assistance unit who is applying for, or receiving TAFDC, including spouses, and a legal obligation to support exists between a member of the TAFDC assistance unit and a member of the EAEDC assistance unit, except as provided in 106 CMR 704.435(A)(3)(b);(3)Living Arrangement H: the EAEDC individual or EAEDC family, who is responsible for a shelter cost as specified in 106 CMR 704.435(A)(1), and is in one of the following circumstances:(a) Lives with a spouse who is applying for or receiving EAEDC; or(b) Lives with a spouse and a child who is not the natural or adoptive child of the spouse and the spouse is applying for or receiving TAFDC only or for himself or herself and the child;(4)Living Arrangement C: an EAEDC individual who resides in a halfway house, licensed chronic hospital, licensed nursing home, approved public medical institution, licensed intermediate care facility, residential treatment center or public psychiatric institution;(5)Living Arrangement D: an EAEDC individual in one or more of the following circumstances:(a) An individual, including an individual with no established place of abode, who pays no shelter costs; or(b) An individual in a temporary emergency shelter;(6)Living Arrangement E: an EAEDC individual who resides in an assisted living community or a licensed rest home, also known as a residential care facility; and(7)Living Arrangement F: an EAEDC individual who resides in a therapeutic community center.(B)Verification. The verification of living arrangement is mandatory and shall be proven by a written, dated, and signed statement from the applicant or client and any other appropriate individual based on Living Arrangement type. Living Arrangement | Verification Required |
A | a rent or mortgage statement; and/or proof of responsibility for any other shelter cost; and/or a room and/or board receipt; and/or a written statement from the individual or family with whom the individual or family shares the shelter expenses that specifies how the shelter expenses are shared. |
B | a written statement from the spouse. |
H | a written statement from the individual with whom the applicant or client shares shelter costs that specifies what shelter costs are shared. |
C | a statement from an authorized person at the halfway house, licensed chronic hospital, approved public medical institution, licensed intermediate care facility, public psychiatric institution or residential treatment center. |
D | a statement from an authorized person at the shelter if a resident of an emergency shelter; or a signed and dated statement from the applicant or client that he or she has no shelter costs. |
E | a written statement from an authorized person at the assisted living community or the rest home. |
F | a written statement from an authorized person at the therapeutic community center. |
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.