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Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 3500 – R. 8/1/23 – OMTL – 629 Residency

Residents of Kentucky who are Expanded Categorically Eligible (ECE) or Categorically Eligible (CE) are not required to verify residency to participate in SNAP. Individuals may not participate in more than one household, in more than one county, or in more than one state in any month, with the exception of an individual who is a resident of a shelter for battered individuals and children. Those individuals may participate in more than one household if the individual was a member of a household containing the abuser.

A. Residency must be verified only for the following circumstances:

1. When the household income is over 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL); or

2. All household members reside in an institution; or

3. The household contains a member with an Intentional Program Violation (IPV) disqualification for SNAP, or a work disqualification on the head of household.

B. Households that receive SNAP benefits in another state are not eligible for SNAP benefits in Kentucky for the same period the household received SNAP benefits in the other state. Cash-out payments from California are considered the same as having received SNAP benefits in another state.

Contact the state the individual moved from to determine the months of SNAP benefits received. A current list of out-of-state contact information is available at: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Contacts.

C. A household can be considered as residents without being required to have the following:

1. A fixed mailing address or residence in a permanent dwelling;

2. An intent to reside in the state permanently; or

3. A durational limit on residency in the state.

Do not consider persons in the state solely for vacation purposes as residents.

Consider the residency requirement met for any household in which all members are categorically eligible.

D. Households that do not have a fixed mailing address, including the homeless or migrant farm workers, must provide the Agency with a fixed mailing address.

Allow the household to select one of the following options: