How to Certify Households Sharing Child Custody

Site managers have to deal with countless situations presented to them by residents, one of which is shared custody of children. A low-income household may report to you that its members include children who are covered by a joint custody arrangement—that is, the children live part of the time with the household and part of the time with their parent (or other legal guardian) who doesn’t live in the unit or at your site. For example, a household head may report that she has two sons who will be living in the unit during the week and with their father on weekends.