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Subject: SNAP Residency Requirements
Policy 24.10 Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 07/01/2019 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 4 of 5 Supporting Documents National Change of Address (NCOA) Match, GRPA41B Required Verifications Policy 24.06 SNAP Special Living Arrangements County-To-County Transfers Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual, effective 07/13/2017- Chapter 41 Continued Responsibilities Documenting Addresses in ACCENT and Returned Mail Safe at Home Address Confidentiality Program HS-2302e Change Report (English) (instructions) HS-2302sp Change Report (Spanish) (instructions) HS-2302a Change Report (Arabic) (instructions) HS-2302s Change Report (Somali) (instructions) Definitions/Acronyms Term Definition Durational residency A legal rule requiring a person to be a state resident for a certain period of time. Homeless An individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is one (1) of the following: 1. A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter (including a welfare hotel or congregate shelter) designed to provide temporary living accommodations; 2. An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; 3. A temporary accommodation for not more than ninety (90) days in the residence of another individual; or 4. A public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. HH Household NCOA National Change of Address SAH Safe at Home Address Confidentiality Program SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SR Simplified Reporting TDHS Tennessee Department of Human Services Supersedes Chapter 5: Residence of the SNAP Policy Manual effective July 13, 2017