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MS 2004 [1]

Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 2004 – R. 6/15/26 – OMTL – 698 Special Uses

[Prepared meals may be purchased with SNAP benefits in the following instances:

A. Communal Dining. Eligible household members who are age 60 or over, or SSI recipients, and the spouses of these members may use benefits to purchase meals prepared especially for them at communal dining facilities authorized by the Federal Nutrition Assistance Administration (FNA) for that purpose. Communal dining facilities include private establishments, such as churches, which do not normally serve food.

B. Meals On Wheels. Eligible household members who are age 60 or over or who are housebound, physically disabled, or otherwise unable to adequately prepare all their meals may use benefits to purchase meals from a nonprofit meal delivery service authorized by the FNA. Spouses, regardless of age or disability, are eligible to participate in this program.

C. Cooperatives. Benefits may be used to purchase food at any private nonprofit cooperative food-purchasing venture, including those whose members pay for food prior to its receipt.

D. Substance Use Treatment Programs, including Drug Addiction and Alcohol Addiction (DAA) treatment centers.

E. Group Living Arrangements.

F. Domestic Abuse Center Residents.]