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South Carolina's state Title XIX agency is the South Carolina Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (BHDD)/Office of Substance Use Services. The DAA treatment center may obtain certification from BHDD that they are either receiving funding under Part B of Title XIX, eligible to receive funding under Part B of Title XIX even though no funds are being received or operating in a manner that furthers the purpose of Part B of Title XIX to provide treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts and/or alcoholics.

Website address: https://www.daodas sc.gov/

Once this certification is obtained, residents may be eligible for SNAP participation.

(2) Authorized representatives for SNAP participants in DAAs

The residents of DAA treatment centers must apply and be certified for SNAP benefits through the use of an authorized representative who is employed by the center and designated by the center for that purpose. The Agency will require the household to designate the DAA treatment center as its authorized representative for the purpose of receiving and using the allotment on behalf of the household.

Once the household leaves the DAA treatment center, the center can no longer act as authorized representative for application or issuance purposes.

The local county DSS office must ensure that each authorized representative, as well as the DAA treatment center Director, has received a copy of DSS Brochure 1622, What You Need to Know! SNAP (DAA), prior to being named as an authorized representative. (3) Processing provisions for DAAs

Residents of DAA treatment centers are not allowed to apply on their own behalf. Residents of DAA treatment centers are certified by using the same provisions that apply to all other households, including but not limited to, the same rights to notices of adverse actions and fair hearings.

A DAA treatment center facility must take the following actions:

(A) Provide the local county DSS office with a monthly or semimonthly certified list of residents currently participating in SNAP. The local county DSS office must conduct periodic random on-site visits to the DAA treatment center to assure accuracy of the list and to ensure that DSS records are consistent and up-to-date.