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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 1000

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SNAP Manual 01/01/07 In the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, an institution is an established organization that offers meals and lodging as a part of normal operation. Examples of institutions are schools and colleges with dormitories, prisons, and rehabilitation and treatment centers (including certain mental health centers), group living arrangements, shelters for the homeless, shelters for battered women, extended care hospitals and nursing homes. An individual is a resident of an institution when an institution provides an individual with the majority (over 50% of three meals daily) of his or her meals as part of the institution’s normal services. Residents of institutions are not eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program except as listed below: 1. Residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly. 2. Narcotic addicts or alcoholics who reside at a facility, treatment center or certain mental health centers for the purpose of regular participation in a drug or alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation program. 3. Disabled (as defined in the Glossary definition of Aged/Disabled Household) residents of group living arrangements. 4. Women or women with their children who are temporarily residing in a shelter for battered women and children. 5. Residents of shelters for the homeless. Shelters for the homeless include the following: a) Supervised shelters such as welfare hotels or congregate shelters b) Halfway houses or similar institutions that provide temporary accommodations for individuals as an alternative to institutionalization Generally, residents of institutions are certified under the provisions that apply to all other households. Such residents are also entitled to the same rights (notices of adverse action, administrative hearings, restoration of lost benefits, etc.) as other SNAP households.

1810 Residents of Federally Subsidized Housing for the Elderly SNAP Manual 01/01/07 There are no special provisions for the certification of residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly. Housing residents may use SNAP benefits to purchase delivered meals or communally prepared meals. A resident may also purchase food and prepare their own meals if meal preparation facilities are available.