Households of residents of shelters for battered women and children will be composed of the battered woman alone or the battered woman and her children. The resident may elect to make application or to have an AR of their choice apply in their behalf.

Resources will be considered inaccessible to residents if:

1.The resources are jointly owned by the resident and members of their former household; and

2.The resident's access to the resources is dependent upon the agreement of the joint owner who still resides in the former household.

Shelter residents will be certified based solely upon their current income and allowable expenses without regard to the Income and expenses of the former household. Room payment incurred at the shelter will be considered a shelter expense.

Shelter residents entitled to expedited service will be processed In accordance with the postponed verification procedures explained in FSC

9011.

Shelter residents subject to work registration will be registered. See FSC 3300 for work registration procedures.