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Title 7: SNAP Page 39 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter A: Administration Participants In Drug and Alcohol Treatment… Revised June 20, 2025 Facility as Authorized Representative The special procedures in this section for residents in shelters for battered women and children apply to persons living in private or public non-profit residential facilities that usually serve meals. Shelters that do not serve meals as part of their normal services are not classified as institutions and may participate in SNAP as individual household units or as part of a group of individuals like any other household. They are not subject to the provisions described in this section. Facility as Authorized Representative Residents, and their children, of drug/alcohol treatment centers apply for, purchase, and use SNAP benefits with the facility acting as their authorized representative. Facility residents who are not regularly participating in a drug/alcohol treatment/rehabilitation program are not eligible under this provision to participate. Residents in shelters for battered women and children may apply for benefits, receive EBT cards, and use the allotment on their own behalf. The facility does not have to be the authorized representative, unlike drug/alcohol treatment centers. Homeless households may use their benefits to purchase prepared meals from homeless meal providers. Homeless meal providers may not act as authorized representatives for homeless recipients. Approved Centers Residents of drug or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation centers may be eligible for SNAP, regardless of whether or not the facility is an authorized retailer. If the center is an authorized retailer, no further verification of the facility’s licensing is required. If the center is not an authorized retailer, you must ask for verification that the facility is a nonprofit organization. If the facility is nonprofit, a current, valid Internal Revenue Service exemption must be provided for verification. Normally, the licensing agency determines the nonprofit status of the facility, and this determination can be used as verification. Shelters for battered women and children must be public or private nonprofit residential facilities that serve battered women and children. If a facility serves other persons, part of the facility must be set aside on a long-term basis to serve only battered women and children.