Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 2020.25 Food Stamp Assistance Unit Requirements - Assistance Units in Institutions

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL _____________________________________________________________________________ Date: 4-1-06 Transmittal: UP-06-16 2020.25 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Food Stamp Assistance Unit Requirements FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Assistance Units in Institutions ______________________________________________________________________________

2020.25 Residents of the following institutions (Cross Reference: 3015.15) are eligible to apply for or receive Food Stamps as individual assistance units apart from others in the institution:

A. federally subsidized housing for the elderly, built under either section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or Section 236 of the National Housing Act;

B. drug or alcohol treatment centers which:

1. are authorized by FNS as retailers; or

2. are eligible for funding under part B of Title XIX of the Public Health Act;

C. group living arrangements that have no more than sixteen residents and are certified by FNS provided the individual who is applying for Food Stamps:

1. is physically and mentally capable of handling his or her own affairs; and

2. is not included in an assistance unit with other residents in that group, and

3. meets one of the following criteria:

a. is disabled or blind and is receiving SSI or Social Security; or

b. is a veteran who has a disability rated as total under title 38, United States Code or who is considered in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound under such title; or

c. is a surviving spouse of a veteran and is considered in need of regular aid and attendance or is permanently housebound under title 38, United States Code, or is entitled to compensation for a service-connected death, or to pension benefits for a non-service-connected death under title 38, United States Code, and who has a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act; or

d. is an offspring of a veteran and is considered permanently incapable of self-support under section 414 of title 38, United States Code, or is entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or to pension benefits for a non-service-connected death under title 38, United States Code, and has a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act; or

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 4-1-06 Transmittal: UP-06-16 2020.25 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Assistance Unit Composition POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Food Stamp Assistance Unit Requirements FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Assistance Units in Institutions ______________________________________________________________________________

2020.25 C. (continued)

e. is receiving an annuity under section 2(a)(1)(iv) or 2(a)(1)(v) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, if the individual's service as an employee under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, after December 31, 1936, had been included in the term "employment" as defined in the Social Security Act and has made application for disability benefits; or

f. is a blind or disabled foster adult for whom federal, state or local foster care payments are made.

D. shelters for battered women which:

1. are certified by the Department as nonprofit organizations; and

2. serve meals or provide food; and

3. reserve space exclusively for battered women and their children;

E. shelters for the homeless.