The Cúram Income Support Cash Assistance program rules determine all potentially eligible assistance units in the household. The assistance units are formed around the dependent child and will then include all individual's based on the mandatory household member rules and exceptions. This also includes an unborn child for a pregnant household member in her last trimester of pregnancy.
- Household composition rules are used to form the assistance unit and determine the household members that are included in the unit.
- The dependent child rules determine if a child is considered a dependent child.
- Household determination rules determine the household members that are not included or excluded from the assistance unit.
- Head of household determination rules determine the head of household for the assistance unit's formed.