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Persons in certain living situations are exempt from this limitation. The following persons can receive Food Stamps even if they are provided most of their meals by the institution: residents of private or public shelters for the homeless; residents of federally-subsidized housing for the elderly; residents of a facility or treatment center that is providing them regular treatment or rehabilitation for alcohol or drug addiction; o This includes children who are living with a person receiving treatment in a drug or alcohol facility but it does not include the spouse of a person receiving drug or alcohol treatment; persons who are disabled or blind and are residents in a group living facility; and women or women and their children who are temporarily living in a shelter for battered women and children.

HOMELESS PERSONS 2.5

ALL A homeless person is an individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or whose nighttime residence is: a supervised private or public shelter designed to provide temporary accommodations for the homeless; an accommodation which provides temporary residence for individuals released from institutions; a temporary accommodation in the residence of another; or a place not designed or ordinarily used as a residence such as a public hallway, bus station, park, building entrance, and so on. A homeless person who generally resides within District borders is considered a resident of the District. Homeless persons should be encouraged to give a mailing address so that they can receive notices from IMA. However, a mailing address is not a requirement to receive benefits CHANGING RESIDENCY 2.6

ALL No individual may participate in more than one state's program in any month unless that individual is a resident of a shelter for battered women and children and was a member of a household containing the person who had abused him/her (see Section 10.10: Shelter Facilities for Battered Women & Children in this Part). If the applicant household indicates that they either did not receive or did not redeem benefits from the other state in that month, the SSR may accept their declaration, request verification from the other state, and if the group is otherwise eligible, issue benefits for the month of application. If the applicant acknowledges receiving benefits, the application may be used to establish eligibility for the first month for which benefits were not received from the other state. MA Assistance must terminate at the end of the month in which a person moves to another state. TANF Assistance shall continue for the two months following the month in which a person moves to another state provided the group continues to meet all other financial and non-financial eligibility requirements (see Part IV: Non-Financial Eligibility and Part VI: Financial Eligibility) and the group verifies that it has applied for assistance in the other state. The group is not permitted, however, to receive benefits in two states for the same benefit month.