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144 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 2: Eligibility groups 5. Residents of public and private nonprofit homeless shelters if otherwise eligible. If an applicant is a resident of a Group Living Arrangement or Drug or Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Program, click here for SNAP worker guides. Elderly persons who have disabilities An elderly person and their spouse (if any) may apply separately from others they live with who purchase and prepare meals for them. This is true only if the elderly person is unable to purchase and prepare their own food because of a severe and permanent disability, and the income of the other household group members managing the food does not exceed 165 percent FPL (see OAR 461-155-0180 or 5530). Elderly or disabled; no earned income A household in which all members of the filing group are age 60 or older, or meet the SNAP definition of individuals with disabilities, and no one has any earned income is exempt from some eligibility requirements. These households can be certified for 24 months. If the filing group is certified for 24 months and has no earned income, they must complete a Periodic Report by the end of the 12th month of the certification period. If the filing group later begins receiving earned income, they will be required to complete Periodic Reports by the end of months 6, 12, and 18, depending on when the earned income began. An interview is only required at initial eligibility, and at reapplication after a break in benefits of 30 days or more. Foster care/guardianship assistance Persons in foster care or receiving guardianship assistance cannot form their own filing group. Because their meals are provided as part of their foster care/guardianship assistance, they do not have a food need. The familial relationship ties regarding spouse and child under age 22 are not broken, even when a person is in foster care. If the caregiver applies for benefits, the caregiver can choose to include or exclude from the filing group the person(s) in foster care/guardianship assistance, their spouse or child under age 22. For SNAP, treat residents of adult foster care (AFC) as follows: • Residents of nonrelative AFC not licensed by the state are not eligible for SNAP benefits. • Residents of AFC and relative AFC facilities licensed by the state must apply with their caregiver to be eligible for SNAP per OAR 461-110-0370. Proctor care administered by or under contract to a state agency is a form of foster care. These situations and income are treated the same as foster care. Live-in attendants A live-in attendant is a person living in the household and paid to provide medical, housekeeping or similar personal services for a person with disabilities or elderly person. They are not considered a member of the elderly person’s or person with disabilities’ household unless they are related as specified