Communal Dining Facility

A Communal Dining Facility is a public or nonprofit private facility approved by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) which:

Prepares and serves meals for elderly persons or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and their spouses, or such a facility which feeds such persons; or

Federally subsidized housing facilities for the elderly at which meals are prepared and served to the residents; or

Private establishments that contract with State or local agencies to offer meals at approved prices to elderly persons or SSI recipients and their spouses.

A person 60 years of age or over who does not live in an institution or boarding house, and his or her spouse (regardless of the age of the spouse) may use SNAP benefits to purchase meals at an authorized communal dining facility.

SSI recipients and their spouses may also use SNAP benefits at communal dining facilities.