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1092 Chapter 7:Worker guides • Section 2: SNAP worker guides (07/2026) Budgeting Use prospective budgeting. Change the TANF grant to $0 and leave the rest of the SNAP case situation as it was the month before TBA begins. Do not code new income unless adding a new person to the case. Reporting No required changes to be reported during TBA. Acting on Reported Changes Increase benefits = Participant needs to reapply for SNAP. Determine if the new situation will result in more SNAP. If now eligible for more SNAP benefits, end TBA and REC the case. If not eligible for more SNAP benefits using the current situation, continue TBA unchanged to the end of the TBA Period. Decrease benefits = Only act to decrease benefits in one instance. That is if someone moves out of the household and applies for SNAP benefits in another household. In that event, remove them from the TBA case, allowing for the timely notice. Narrate. When does TBA end? End TBA early when the benefit group: • Is no longer eligible for SNAP (e.g., moves out of state or requests case closure); • Head of household goes into a facility. • Applies for SNAP benefits and will get more SNAP benefits if not in TBA; or • Re-opens a TANF cash case; • Becomes ineligible for TBA based on the above list (this includes an ABAWD who has exceeded the SNAP time limit). Residents of institutions Group living arrangements (GLA) Residents of a group living arrangement (see OAR 461-001-0015) who are blind or disabled (see GP-a.24) and receiving benefits under Title I, Title II, Title X, Title XIV, or Title XVI of the Social Security Act and residents of group living arrangements who are considered residents of institutions may be eligible to participate in SNAP. To be eligible for SNAP benefits, a resident of a group living arrangement must be blind or have a disability, and must be living in a facility which meets the following: • Be public or private non-profit; • Be certified by State of Oregon under regulations issued under section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act; and • Be licensed for no more than 16 beds. Application procedures for group living arrangements Residents of group living arrangements may apply and be certified: • Through the use of an authorized representative who is an employee of and designated by the facility, or • On their own behalf; or through the use of an authorized representative of their choice. The facility makes the determination as to which method of application will be used, based on the resident’s physical and mental ability to handle their own affairs. Some residents of the group home may use an authorized representative while others may not.