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1093 Chapter 7:Worker guides • Section 2: SNAP worker guides (07/2026) Calculating shelter deductions Residents of group living arrangements may be eligible for a shelter deduction. This allowable shelter cost is the amount of the payment for the room only when the housing cost is separately identified. When the room and board (R&B) payment is not separately identified, calculate the shelter cost by subtracting the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) from the room and board cost. The R&B minus the TFP = allowable shelter deduction The TFP and R&B amounts change every year. Current TFP & R&B amounts can be found on the DHS 5530. The R&B amount is also in OAR 461-155-0270. Allow this calculated amount, unless verification is provided that the room cost exceeds the calculated amount. Allow the higher amount once verified. Group living arrangement as authorized representative Residents who apply through the facility’s authorized representative must have eligibility determined as a one- person household unless they live with their child/ren under 22 years old. The facility must: • Receive and spend the residents’ SNAP benefit allotment for food to be prepared and served to the eligible residents, or • Allow the residents to use any portion of their allotments on their own behalf; and • Be knowledgeable about the residents’ situation, the facility designated authorized representative is responsible to provide accurate information regarding the residents’ situation. The facility is liable for any overpayment resulting from failing to report and/or inaccurately reported information. Rights of residents acting on their own behalf When a resident applies and is certified on their own behalf, or designated an authorized representative of their own choice, the resident may: • Use the SNAP benefits to purchase meals prepared and served by the facility.; or • Use any portion of SNAP benefits to purchase and prepare food for their own consumption Drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation programs Residents of a facility or treatment center that are participating in a drug and alcohol (D&A) treatment and rehabilitation program, may be eligible for SNAP benefits. To receive benefits the resident applies and is certified in accordance with OAR 461-115-0020, through the use of an authorized representative employed by the facility and designated for that purpose. Not all facilities meet the requirements for their residents to receive SNAP. The facility must meet the following criteria: • The drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program is conducted by a private, nonprofit organization or institution, or a publicly operated community mental health center, under part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to receive funds, even if it does not actually receive funding under part B of title XIX.