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Chapter: 1400 Technical Requirements Program: FS 14 individual should be able to answer. Once an individual’s identity is both discovered and authenticated, the technical eligibility factor of identity is established.

If the individual opts not to answer the questions or does not correctly answer the questions, the eligibility specialist must complete the verbal authentication process.

The individual does not have to answer the authentication questions to continue with the online application. All paper applications must complete the verbal authentication process. 1410.1100 LIVING ARRANGEMENTS (FS) This section describes policies relating to eligibility and living arrangements. 1410.1101 Residents of Institutions (FS) Residents of institutions, with certain exceptions, are not eligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program. Individuals are considered residents of institutions when the institution provides them with the majority of their meals (50% of three meals a day) as a part of its normal services, and the institution has not been authorized by FNS to accept food stamps.

Individuals of any age who are prisoners, inmates, detainees, or convicts placed under detention or custody of a Federal, State, or local penal, correctional, or other detention facility or institution for more than 30 days are not eligible for food stamp benefits.

Students who purchase a majority of their meals at one of the school’s facilities are considered residents of an institution regardless of whether obtaining meals at a school facility is mandatory or optional.

Individuals who do not receive their meals from the institution but who prepare their own food, are participating in the Delivered Meals Program, or a Communal Dining Program, are eligible for food stamps if the institution is not authorized to accept food stamps. 1410.1102 Exemptions from Institutional Provisions (FS) The following individuals residing in group facilities are not considered residents of an institution for the purpose of qualifying for the Food Stamp Program:

1. any narcotics addict or alcoholic who resides at a facility or treatment center under the supervision of a Drug/Alcoholic Treatment and Rehabilitation Program unless the individual of any age is under detention or custody of a Federal, State, or local penal, correctional, or other detention facility or institution for more than 30 days; 2. residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly under either Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or Section 236 of the National Housing Act; 3. certain blind/disabled individuals who live in authorized small group living arrangements licensed for 16 residents or fewer; 4. individuals or individuals with children temporarily residing in a shelter for battered persons (such individuals shall be considered individual household units for purposes of applying for and participating in the program); or 5. residents of public or private nonprofit shelters for homeless individuals.

Chapter 2200 describes special provisions for the residents of these facilities.