General Information

[EAS 44-133.7]

Ineligible Non-citizen Parent

Regulations concerning income budgeted to the AU from an Ineligible Non-citizen Parent apply ONLY WHEN the Ineligible Non-citizen Parent:

• Is the natural or adoptive parent and resides in the home with his or her aided child(ren), and
• Is NOT eligible for assistance because he/she is not a citizen or eligible non-citizen.

IRCA Parent

Use the stepparent deeming provisions when the Ineligible Non-citizen Parent meets both of the following criteria:

• Is the natural or adoptive parent of an aided child, and
• Is being naturalized under IRCA but does not yet have appropriate non-citizen status to be included in the AU.

Note: There will be very few, if any, non-citizens to whom this is applicable.

Unmarried Parents

When the Ineligible Non-citizen parents are unmarried and both unmarried parents are in the home with their CalWORKs eligible child(ren), create one Ineligible Parent Unit (IPU) and include the needs of the other appropriate persons in the home.

Caretaker Relative

The caretaker relative parent cannot choose to be excluded from the AU and then be in the IPU. The caretaker relative must be in the AU unless excluded by law or for cause.

Note: If the caretaker relative is excluded for cause, then the needs of that individual are not included as either part of the IPU or the AU.

Related Topics

Ineligible Non-citizen Parent Unit

Computation of Income to the AU

Ineligible Non-citizen Parent Examples

Case Situations of Ineligible Non-citizen Child(ren) Living in the Home