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If the facility loses its authorization from USDA (whereby the facility can no longer act as the authorized representative) or, if the facility loses its certification from USDA, the facility is no longer an eligible institution. As a result, residents of the center are no longer eligible to participate. 3605.15.05.15

GROUP LIVING ARRANGEMENT (S)

Residents in these facilities may apply on their own behalf or through an authorized representative. The group facility must ensure that each resident’s SNAP benefits are used for meals intended for that resident, regardless of whether the facility purchases and prepares food consumed by eligible residents or if the residents purchase and prepare food for their own consumption.

If the resident applies with the facility as the authorized representative, the facility may obtain and use the SNAP benefit allotment for food prepared by and/or served to the residents, or the facility may allow the resident to use all or any portion of the allotment on his own behalf.

If the resident is certified on his own behalf, the SNAP benefit allotment may be: • returned to the facility to be used to purchase food for meals served either communally or individually. • used by eligible residents to purchase and prepare food for their own consumption. • used to purchase meals prepared and served by the facility. 3605.15.05.20

SNAP BENEFITS USED IN SHELTERS FOR BATTERED PERSONS (S)

SNAP benefits may be used by shelter residents in any one of the following ways: • Shelter residents may use the SNAP benefits to purchase meals prepared specifically for them at the shelter. • A shelter resident may designate the shelter as an authorized representative so that the shelter can purchase food for meals served to the resident. • Shelter residents may use the SNAP benefits to purchase food for their own consumption. 3605.25.00 PROTECTIVE PAYMENTS (C)

The protective payment system is a procedure by which a non-AG member is appointed by the Local Office to receive and manage the TANF payments. Protective payments are to be utilized when: • The TANF payee has demonstrated such an inability to manage funds that the TANF payments have not been used in the best interest of the child. • The parent is a minor required to live with a supervisory adult who receives the minor’s TANF benefit in the form of protective payments.

The protective payment procedure enables the Local Office, without the intervention of the court, to select and appoint another individual to receive the TANF payment. The protective payee is