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145 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 2: Eligibility groups in “Most situations” above. When live-in attendants are not related as specified above to the person they are caring for, they may apply with their minor children (if any) separately from the people for whom they are providing services. A paid live-in attendant provides essential supportive services in: • The individual’s home, or • The home of a relative or others with whom the individual lives, or • The home where the individual lives with a relative or others who provide paid care services, and the living situation does not meet foster care licensing requirements. The services range from assistance with household tasks to assistance with activities of daily living. Residents of domestic violence shelters or safe homes These individuals can be in two filing groups the month they enter the shelter if they recently left a household containing a person who abused them. These individuals may receive SNAP benefits twice that month if they: • Were not issued an Oregon Trail card • Are unable to access the benefits, or • The original benefits remain in control of the abuser. The two filing groups are the one they just left and the one they are in the month they enter the shelter. Once in the shelter/safe home, residents can choose to apply together or form filing groups as specified above. Lodgers A lodger is someone who pays someone else in the household for their meals. Lodgers cannot form their own filing group. This is because they do not purchase and prepare their meals. The meal provider can choose to include or exclude a lodger when applying for the household, if the lodger is paying a reasonable amount to their meal provider. The meal provider must include a lodger when applying for the household, if the lodger is not paying a reasonable amount to their meal provider. To determine if the lodger is paying a reasonable amount, compare the amount they are paying to the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP). Include the lodger and any member that would be in their filing group if they were not purchasing and preparing with the meal provider. If paying for more than two meals a day, the amount is not reasonable when it is less than the TFP. If paying for two or more meals a day, the amount is not reasonable when it is less than two-thirds of the TFP. Residents of commercial boarding houses are not eligible. A person operating the commercial boarding house and their filing group may receive benefits separate from the residents paying board.