Department of Human Services Food Stamp Online Policy Manual Age and School Attendance	Revised:
8.1	AGE REQUIREMENTS	Food Stamp Table of Contents

1240-1-3-.16	1. There is no requirement regarding age for Food Stamp eligibility purposes. 2. There are other eligibility requirements in which age is a related factor. See Manual sections on Resources, Work Registration, Household Concept and Income. 3. At any time that a factor of eligibility is questionable, verification of the applicant’s/recipient’s statement is to be requested. Guides for acceptable age verification for Food Stamp purposes are: a) Birth certificates or birth certificate information (This should be available on every child born in Tennessee after 1914.); b) Delayed birth certificate; c) Hospital birth records or records of the physician or mid-wife in attendance at the person’s birth; d) Baptismal certificate; e) School records which show the person’s age or date of birth; f) Insurance policies which show the person’s age or date of birth; g) Census Bureau Records; or h) Unaltered family Bible records.	Glossary of Terms
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