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Title 7: SNAP Page 51 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter I: Specific Households and Participants Homeless Households Revised February 13, 2026

For homeless households, you can waive the requirement that a household must prove that it lives in Iowa if proof cannot reasonably be obtained. Document in the case file any efforts to verify residency. Homeless households living in public or private nonprofit shelters for the homeless can get SNAP if they meet all other eligibility criteria. This is an exception to the policy that residents of institutions are not eligible for SNAP. Ineligible Household Members Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.1(b)(7) “Ineligible members” are people who would normally get SNAP with other members of the household but are not included because they are ineligible to participate for some reason. The following are ineligible household members:  Ineligible students. See Students.  Ineligible aliens. See Households with Alien Members.  Ineligible adults who are not disabled and have no dependents. See Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs).  People disqualified for intentional program violation. See 7-J, Intentional Program Violation.  People disqualified for failure to provide a social security number. See 7-C, Social Security Numbers.  People disqualified for failing to respond to a NAC Match.  People disqualified for failing to comply with a mandatory work registrant requirement. See 7-C, Work Requirements for MWRs.  Probation or parole violators and fleeing felons. See Fleeing Felons and Parole and Probation Violators.  Residents of institutions. See 7-C, Residents of Institutions.  SSI recipients whose SNAP benefits were received as cash in a state that cashes out SNAP benefits to SSI recipients. Do not include the ineligible members listed above when determining:  The size of the eligible household for the maximum net monthly allotment.  The appropriate resource limit for the eligible household.  If the eligible household needs to meet either gross or net income guidelines. Do consider the relationship of the ineligible members listed previously to others in the household for the purposes of determining who is a mandatory household member.