STEP 1	Make sure everyone in the home is listed. Determine who customarily purchases food and prepares meals together. Determine relationships among individuals in the home.
STEP 2	Individuals who declare that they purchase food and prepare meals together must be one AU. Consider potential separate AU status if they state they do or intend to purchase food and prepare meals separately.
STEP 3	The following people must be in one AU, even if they say they purchase food and prepare meals separately: Spouses (living together) must be in one AU. Parents living with their biological, adopted and step child(ren) under age 22 must be one AU. Minor child(ren) (under age 18) under parental control of an AU member, other than their parent, who is exercising parental control of minor child(ren) must be one AU Unless They state that they purchase and prepare separatelly or intend to purchase and prepare separately And The non-parent is not exercising parental control
STEP 4	Special Exception: An individual considered FS Disabled or having a non-disease related permanent disability AND is 60 or older who is purchasing and preparing with "others" because of inability to purchase and prepare his/her own meals and the others' gross income does not exceed 165% of FPL may be considered a separate AU.
STEP 5	Exclude the following individuals from the AU, even if they customarily purchase food and prepare meals together: Ineligible Student--No income and no resources counted Ineligible ABAWD---Prorate income and count all resources Enumeration sanctioned individdual--Prorate income and count all resources Ineligible Alien--Prorate income and count all resources Intentional Program Violation (IPV) disqualified individual--All income an dall resources counted E & T work sanctioned individual--All income and all resources counted Fleeing felons, probation/parole violators, and lawbreakers--All income and all resources counted Convicted felons (on or after 8/22/96) related to controlled substances--All income and all resources counted