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Subject: SNAP Special Living Arrangements
Policy 24.06
Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 07/01/2019 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 11 of 15 a. The SNAP benefits are redeemed at the facility and deposited into the institution’s account. b. This may be completed by point of sale terminals or manual EBT transaction processing. c. This process will eliminate the facility from having to handle multiple EBT cards while shopping for food. 9. When a HH leaves the shelter there are several actions: a. The facility that has use of the benefits either acting as AR or retaining use of the benefits on the behalf of the residents must b. provide the residents with their EBT card. c. The departing HH must receive its full allotment if the monthly allotment has been issued and no benefits have been spent on behalf of that individual HH. d. Once the resident leaves, the shelter no longer has the authority to act as the AR for the HH. e. The shelter must return any HH’s benefits, EBT cards and/or EBT card documents to the county office if they are received after the (HH) has left the shelter. f. Households, which retain use of their own benefits, are entitled to keep the benefits when they leave the shelter. 10. The reporting responsibilities and review requirements for drug and alcohol treatment programs also apply to shelters for battered women and children. 11. Residents of shelters, which do not provide meals, may participate in the program, if otherwise eligible as any other HH. a. Such residents are not considered as residing in an institution. b. The special provisions in this section do not apply i.e., receiving more than one allotment in a given month. H. Shelters for the Homeless 1. Prior to certification of any individual residing in a shelter for the homeless, it will be determined that the shelter is non-profit and provides meals to the homeless. a. The shelter will be contacted to verify that meals are provided to the homeless without profit to the shelter. b. If verification cannot be obtained through documentary evidence, the residents of the shelter may not be certified because they will be considered as residents of an institution. 2. Applications for residents of a shelter will be processed under expedited or normal processing standards, whichever is applicable.