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A. The Department shall make rules and regulations available, upon request, to the general public.
B. Address Confidentiality Program
The Address Confidentiality Program, administered by the Secretary of State, provides address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault and requires state and local agencies and the courts to accept a designated address as the program participants' address when creating a public record. When an applicant or recipient verifies that they are a certified participant in the Address Confidentiality Program, the designated address is the only address
accepted and provided when staff is required to release information in each circumstance described.
C. The Department shall restrict the use or disclosure of information obtained from applicant and participating households to:
(1) Persons directly connected with:
(a) the administration or enforcement of the provisions of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or regulations;
(b) other Federal assistance programs;
(c) federally-assisted State programs providing assistance on a means-tested basis to low income individuals;
(d) general assistance programs;
(e) the administration or enforcement of the programs which are required to participate in the income and eligibility verification system (IEVS) to the extent the SNAP information is useful in establishing or verifying eligibility or benefit amounts under those programs;
(f) the verification of noncitizen status of noncitizens applying for SNAP, through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program including the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), to the extent the information is necessary to identify the individual for verification purposes;
(g) the administration of the Child Support Program; and
(h) the administration of federal work requirements and employment and training programs.
(2) and to
(a) employees of the Secretary of Health and Human Services as necessary to assist in establishing or verifying eligibility or benefits for Social Security or SSI;
(b) employees of the Comptroller General's Office of the United States for audit examination authorized by any other provision of law;
(c) the United States Department of Homeland Security if a Department staff member has seen a deportation notice for an applicant or household member;
and
(d) local, state, or federal law enforcement officials, upon their written request, if the officer furnishes the household member’s name and information that the household member is fleeing to avoid prosecution or custody for a felony, or is violating a condition of parole or probation; where the household member has information necessary for the apprehension or investigation of another member who is fleeing to avoid prosecution or custody for a felony, or has violated a condition of probation or parole. The Department
shall disclose only such information as is necessary to comply with a specific written request of a law enforcement official authorized by this section. This may include address, social security number and if available picture of the food assistance recipient in question, if requested.
NOTE: The written request shall include the identity of the individual requesting the information and his authority to do so, violation being investigated, and the identity of the person on whom the information is requested.
Recipients of this released information must adequately protect the information against unauthorized disclosure to persons or for purposes not specified in this section. In addition, information received through the IEVS must be protected from unauthorized disclosure as required by regulations established by the information provider.