My state's website wants me to fill out a form that lists all the members of my household and disclose what the household income is. Problem is if I include my dad I most likely will not be able to qualify. And I can't like write on the form anywhere "yes I live at home with my dad and he makes well over $30k a year, but he won't help me financially unless he feels like it." I really don't know what to do. I keep running out of money and food, I need EBT and cash assistance but if I lie and don't include my dad or lie about the household income, that's fraud and I could get in a lot of trouble I can't handle.
The fuck am I supposed to do? Has any other comrades ran into anything like this before? I know every state is different but maybe someone else on here lives at home with a wealthy parent and still qualified for EBT.
Help!!
All he does is give me money for food, I buy it and prepare it.
Do you then share the food with him, or is he just giving you money to buy your own food? Basically if you're eating together or sharing food, I think it counts as him being part of the same household. If you're eating separately and not sharing food, though, then it isn't relevant that he gives you money on occasion, and he wouldn't count as part of your household.
No I eat the food alone and there's no sharing. So then I don't even need to mention my dad in the application form or his finances?
That's what it seems like based on my brief internet research. Here's the sources I consulted:
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/recipient/eligibility (see question "Who is in a SNAP household?")
and
https://eligibility.com/food-stamps/how-do-you-know-who-is-considered-part-of-your-household