General Relief Policy - Department of Public Social Services

Refer to GR 44-205 for living alone.
GR 44-208 Budgeting
Shared Housing
How is a case budgeted as shared housing?
When a GR Unit shares housing, the GR grant for the
household size is prorated by the total number of
people sharing housing. Although this computation is
automated on LEADER, following is a chart of some
of the prorated grants based on 30-day month.
GR 44-208.1 Proration
Chart for Shared
Housing
Number in
GR Unit
Number
Sharing
Household
Maximum Grant
1 1 $221.00
1 2 187.00
1 3 150.00
1 4 133.50
1 5 121.80
1 6 114.17
1 7 107.43
1 8 102.50
1 9 98.33
1 10 95.10
2 2 374.00
2 3 300.00
2 4 267.00
2 5 243.60
2 6 228.33
2 7 214.86
2 8 205.00
2 9 196.67
2 10 190.20
GR 44-208.2 Living in a
Mission, Transitional
Housing or Shared
Emergency Housing
GR 44-209 Determining
Household Size
How is living in a mission, transitional housing or
shared emergency housing facility treated?
• Applicants/Participants living in a mission,
transitional housing or shared emergency housing
facility are considered homeless; therefore they
are budgeted as a one-person household as long
as they reside in one of the above facilities. The
number of persons sharing the room is not used
to determine the household size.
How is the household size determined?
The household size is determined, by LEADER, using