A household's circumstance may be such that they require immediate Food Assistance assistance, and thus the processing of their first month of assistance for Food Assistance is expedited. Their first month of assistance will be issued within 7 days rather than the normal 30 days. This is referred to as expedited Food Assistance. Households may be entitled to expedited Food Assistance if they are determined to have very little income, or housing or utility expenses exceeding their income, or the household contains a migrant or seasonal farm worker in between jobs. Expedited Food Assistance rules and processing applies only to the first month of assistance, to remain eligible for Food Assistance for the following months of assistance, the unit must pass all the Food Assistance eligibility rules.