004.04(B)(iii) ENDING RESIDENCE.

If a group home is acting as an authorized representative for a household, the group home must: (a) Return the Electronic Benefits Transfer card to the departing household; (b) Ensure that the departing household's Electronic Benefits Transfer account contains the household's full allotment if the benefits have already been issued and no benefits have been spent on that household's behalf that month; (c) When a household leaves on or before the 15th day of the month, ensure that a household's Electronic Benefits Transfer account contains one-half of its monthly allotment if benefits have been issued and any portion of those benefits that have not been used; (d) If an aggregate benefit allotment has been issued to the household on or after the 16th of the month and the household leaves the group home on or after the 16th of the application month but before the first day of the full month, the group home must ensure the full month's benefits are not used by the group home and remain in the Electronic Benefits Transfer account; (e) Ensure the departing resident the individual’s pro rata share of one-half of the monthly allotment if the individual has: (a) Been part of a group of residents certified as one household; and (b) Left on or before the 15th of the month; (f) Allow residents who apply on their own behalf and retain their Electronic Benefits Transfer card to keep the benefits when they leave. A pro rata share must be available to the departing resident who was part of a group certified as one household; (g) Report the departure to the Department if the group home has acted as the authorized representative; and (h) If the household leaves the group home without taking its Electronic Benefits Transfer card, return the card to the Issuance and Collection Center.