URAM

Treatment

Whenever the CalWORKs worker determines that an URAM is residing with a family applying for or receiving CalWORKs, each case must be examined individually to assess whether the URAM is a roomer or boarder, a household member or a separate household.

Single Household

The URAM must be considered a household member if he customarily purchases and prepares meals with the household.

Separate Household

If eligible, the URAM must be considered a separate CalFresh household only if he customarily purchases and/or prepares meals apart from the household.

Boarder

The URAM must be considered a boarder if he pays reasonable compensation to the household for meals and meets the boarder criteria as specified in Section 63-402.3.

Unmarried Father

Refer to HH Decision for information on unmarried fathers.

Budgeting

Refer to URAMS for treatment of income from a URAM to the CalFresh household.