Operations Bulletin 2016-05: Cross Program Eligibility of Strikers for TAFDC, EAEDC or SNAP Benefits

When a case containing a striker applies for TAFDC, the case manager must:

• deny the application if the striker is the parent or the only child in the case. Use Reason Category: Program Rules and Reason: Striker; and
• open the TAFDC case without the striker if the striker is anyone other than a parent or the only child in the case.

When a household containing a striker applies for SNAP benefits, the case manager must determine if the household:

• was eligible to participate the day before the strike; and
•  is otherwise currently eligible.

For EAEDC, there is no policy prohibiting strikers who are otherwise eligible from receiving EAEDC benefits.