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Title 7: SNAP Page 41 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter A: Administration Participants In Drug and Alcohol Treatment… Revised June 20, 2025 Special Conditions for Drug and Alcohol… Special Conditions for Drug and Alcohol (DAA) Treatment Centers When an individual residing at a DAA applies for SNAP, the application and benefits should be handled as follows:  The center must apply on behalf of the residents.  The center must receive the EBT card and training.  The center may buy and prepare food for eligible residents on a group basis, or buy meals delivered to the individual residents.  Both the resident and authorized representative should sign the application form  The facility acting as authorized representative is liable for any misrepresentation or fraud which it knowingly commits in the certification of participants it is representing. Therefore, the facility must be knowledgeable about household circumstances and should review those circumstances with the participants before applying for benefits on the participants’ behalf. The facility is responsible for: • Reporting required changes in participants’ circumstances, • All losses or misuse of benefits held on behalf of participants, and • All over-issuances which occur while the participant is a resident of the facility. Staff should report incidents of suspected misuse or misappropriation of benefits to Central Office staff for follow up with USDA. If the facility is disqualified by USDA as a retailer, or loses its license or certification, it may not serve as an authorized representative. Residents Leaving DAAs DAAs that have the household’s EBT card must provide departing residents with their EBT card. If the resident leaves the center prior to the 16th of the month, the center must ensure that the household has at least one half of its monthly allotment available in the account. If the household leaves without notifying the facility, the facility must send the household’s EBT card to HHS FFWS/EBT 321 E. 12th St., Des Moines, IA 50319