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Title 7: SNAP Page 29 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter A: Administration Electronic Benefit Transfer Revised June 20, 2025 Establishing Cardholders EXCEPTION: If the disqualified person is the only adult member of the SNAP household who can shop for food, and there is no one outside the household available who can be the authorized representative, the disqualified person can serve as an authorized representative. See Undocumented Aliens and Other Ineligible Members. Person Representing Multiple Households Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.2(n)(4)(ii) An authorized representative is not limited in the number of households that the person can represent. If a single authorized representative is responsible for a large number of households, or if an employer is the authorized representative for migrants or seasonal farm workers, make sure that:  The household has freely requested the assistance of the authorized representative.  The household circumstances are correctly represented, and the household is receiving the correct amount in benefits.  The authorized representative is properly using the SNAP. Households That Have Guardians, Conservators or Payees Households may have financial caretakers (guardians, conservators, or protective payees) for different reasons. Having a financial caretaker does not automatically mean the caretaker should receive an Iowa EBT card on the household’s account. Unless the household is incompetent to the degree that it cannot handle its affairs, or shop using EBT technology, the caretaker may not receive a card unless authorized by the primary cardholder.  If a household has an organization as its financial caretaker and wants or legally must have an authorized representative to buy the household’s food, the organization must name a person to act as the authorized representative. A person must receive the Iowa EBT card.  If the household is not legally required to, but wants the financial caretaker as an authorized representative, the primary cardholder must ask in writing. See Establishing a Secondary Cardholder or Authorized Representative.