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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 7 of 15 9. The group living arrangement must determine if any resident can apply for SNAP on his or her own behalf; the determination should be based on the resident’s physical and mental ability to handle his or her own affairs. 10. The group living arrangement is encouraged to consult with any other agencies providing services to individual residents prior to a determination. 11. All residents of the group living arrangement do not have to be certified either through an AR or individually in order for one or the other method to be used for SNAP benefits. 12. Applications will be accepted for any individual applying as one- person HH or for any grouping of residents applying as a HH. 13. If the resident applies using the facility as an AR, the group living arrangement may receive and spend the allotment for food prepared and served to the eligible resident or allow the eligible resident to use all or any portion of the allotment on his or her own behalf. 14. Each county office may appoint an eligibility counselor to serve as liaison and to certify the residents of the treatment centers and group living arrangements. 15. Residents are required to report changes. a. If the resident has made application on his or her behalf, the HH is responsible for reporting changes to the county office in accordance with the provisions that apply to all other SNAP HHs as described in Chapter 41: Continued Responsibilities of the SNAP Policy Manual. b. If the group living arrangement is acting in the capacity of an AR, the group living arrangement will notify the county office of changes in the HH’s income or other circumstances in accordance with the provisions that apply to all other SNAP HHs. i. The group home must notify the county office when the individual leaves the group living arrangement. ii. The group living arrangement must return the HH’s benefits to the county office if they are received after the HH has left the group living arrangement. 16. Through a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the facility will be permitted to act as a point of sale, for the SNAP benefits issued to participants. a. The SNAP benefits will be redeemed at the facility and be 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 prevent the facility from having to handle multiple EBT cards while shopping for food. d. EBT benefits due a recipient leaving the facility can be accurately tracked.