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Title 7: SNAP Page 44 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter A: Administration Participants In Drug and Alcohol Treatment… Revised June 20, 2025 Group Living Arrangements Use of SNAP Group living arrangements are responsible for monitoring facility employees’ actions in handling residents’ SNAP when a facility employee is the residents’ authorized representative. When the facility employee is chosen by the resident or is required to be the resident’s authorized representative:  The facility can allow the residents to have and use their own EBT cards. The facility staff can assist residents in using their own cards. This option may be preferable for facilities that take residents on outings and help them shop for items of their choosing.  The facility authorized representative can designate the resident’s counselors, caretakers, or attendants to use the resident’s own card and PIN for the resident. This option may be preferable for facilities that have residents who occasionally can go shopping or can demonstrate food likes and dislikes.  The authorized representative can choose to receive a card on a resident’s EBT account. With this option, do not also issue EBT cards to the residents in this situation unless the authorized representative requests it. This option may be preferable for facility residents who are not able to go on facility-initiated shopping trips or can’t indicate food preferences so staff can shop for special items for them. Resident Moves Out When any resident receiving SNAP moves out of the facility, the facility authorized representative must:  Notify HHS immediately; and  Make the recipient aware of the reporting requirements for the program. When a facility-designated authorized representative has their own EBT card to purchase food to be served to the resident, the authorized representative must return that EBT card to the local HHS office within three working days of the date the resident left.