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SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP • Work Registration — The resident is exempt. 452.6 Center Responsibilities as Authorized Representatives (toc) The group home acting as AR must • report to the local office about loss of income or certification. • apply for, receive and redeem SNAP benefits for residents. • report changes, losses, misuse and over issuance of SNAP benefits. • buy and prepare food for eligible residents. • buy meals delivered to the individual residents; and • report residents leaving the group home. The resident and AR both must sign the application form, unless the resident designates the AR on another form. The center acting as AR is liable if it knowingly commits a program violation to obtain SNAP benefits for residents. Note: A group home disqualified by USDA as a retailer or has lost its license from a state agency cannot be an AR. If the Group Home is Not the Authorized Representative: • Residents may apply as a one-person household, or groups of residents may apply as a household. • If the household retains use of their EBT benefits and a member leaves the group home, all unused EBT benefits are retained by the household. • If a group of residents have applied as one household and the benefits have been given to the group home as payment for meals, the home shall return a pro-rata share of one-half of the allotment/EBT benefits to the departing resident(s) and instruct them to contact the local district office to update their case and EBT account information, if the residents leave prior to the 16th of the month. 452.7 Residents Leaving the Group Home (toc) 1. If the resident has left or is leaving the Group Home the Group Home must: a. Give the residents their EBT card if it was in possession of the center. b. Return any un-transacted benefits, or the household’s full SNAP allotment if already issued and if no benefits have been spent on behalf of that individual household and return any unused SNAP benefits when they leave the home. c. If applicable, cease acting as the authorized representative and using the authorized representative EBT card. 2. If the SNAP benefits have been redeemed or become available in an EBT account through the use of the EBT QUEST card, Group Home must: a. Provide the residents with the full benefits if already issued and unused less when they leave, unless the EBT account has not been accessed. B-452.6 SPECIALIZED HOUSEHOLDS Center Responsibilities as Authorized Representatives Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 09 July 26 MTL 11/26