Page 7: Applicants & Household Members Chart

The majority of this section must be completed for everyone in your household. However, you are not required to complete ethnicity or race as this is only for statistical purposes, and it is not used to determine your benefit amount.

• Name
  • Begin by listing yourself as the first person on this section.
    • Include the first and last name you want to receive benefits or is otherwise required to be included on your application or review.
• Relationship
  • List the person’s relationship to you
• Is this person applying for benefits?
  • If you want to receive benefits for the person you’ve listed, enter yes. If not, check no.
• Does this person need health coverage?
  • Choose yes if the person needs health coverage.
• Birthdate
  • Include dates of birth for everyone.
• Social Security Number
  • If you know the person already has a Social Security number in the DFCS system (you have been receiving benefits for that person), then you do not have to keep writing it down.
  • If you are including a new person to your benefits, then you need to provide a Social Security number. The only time you are not required to include a Social Security number is if you are reporting a newborn and have not yet received the Social Security number for the newborn. You will be required to provide it by your next review.
  • Anyone who tells you undocumented immigrants (“illegals”) can come to the U.S. and receive all the benefits, tell them to stop speaking to you.
• Sex – the DFCS system currently only allows for male or female.
• Hispanic/Latino
  • You are not required to answer this question to receive benefits. It is purely for statistical purposes. No one receives more or less based on their ethnicity. The computer system does not work that way.
• Race Code
  • Again, this answer is not required and is only used for statistical reporting. No one receives more or less benefits based on their race. Again, the computer system does not work that way. Also, a case manager cannot up and decide the amount of benefits a person receives. The computer system calculates it based on information entered.
• Are you a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Immigrant, or in a satisfactory immigration status?
  • If you were born in any of the 50 states or Washington, D.C., then you are a U.S. citizen.
  • If either of your parents is a U.S. citizen but you were born in a different country, you are a U.S. citizen.
  • If you were not born in the U.S. or born to U.S. citizen parents, you may still qualify for benefits if you are in the country legally and qualify under DFCS immigration policy.
    • Because I worked in a smaller county and we did not have large immigrant population, I am not as well versed in this policy.
    • However, I do know you can’t just cross the border and just receive benefits. There are rules, people.