Clarifying Information - WAC 388-408-0040

Federally subsidized housing for the elderly: For someone to be eligible for Basic Food based on living in federally subsidized housing for the elderly, the housing must meet both of the following two conditions: The facility must be expressly for the elderly ; and The facility must be federally subsidized.

Optional meal plans: If a residence offers an optional meal plan as a part of their normal services, we only consider a resident to be living in an institution for Basic Food if they choose to get their meals through the optional plan. If someone chooses to get the majority of their meals through an optional meal plan, the person is living in an institution. For this person to be eligible for Basic Food benefits, the institution must meet the requirements of WAC 388-408-0040 .

When someone in an ineligible institution may get Basic Food: A person who lives in an institution that provides meals may be eligible for Basic Food benefits when: The person living in the institution can't eat the institution's meals because they need a special diet; and The institution is unable or unwilling to provide the special diet.

Release from a hospital or other institution: A person in a hospital or other ineligible institution is not eligible for Basic Food until they are released from the institution. If someone applies for Basic Food while in an ineligible institution and they are released within 30 days, we use the date of release as their date of application for Basic Food.

Group living arrangements that are not Qualified Group Homes: Some group living arrangements are not qualified group homes, but we don’t consider them institutions, because the facility doesn’t prepare the majority of meals for the persons living there. In this case, we look at the client’s living arrangements and whether or not they buy and fix food together to determine who must be in the AU under WAC 388-408-0035.

Supported Living Providers / ITS Homes: A Supported Living Provider (formerly Intensive Tenant Support Services or ITS Home) provides services to DDA clients and is licensed by DDA. Most clients who receive services through one of these providers receive home care or live-in attendant services and are not a licensed group home. These persons are not living in an institution. We look at requirements under WAC 388-408-0035 to determine who must be in a client’s AU. Some Supported Living Providers also run qualified DDD group homes. Since these clients are living in a qualified DDA group home, they can receive Basic Food .

Nonprofit Drug & Alcohol Treatment Centers Authorized as FNS retailers:

Drug or alcohol treatment centers certified by FNS as eligible for Basic Food: (Nonprofit facility authorized as a retailer under 7 CFR §278.1(e))

Behavioral Health Resources - Harvest Home, Olympia, WA 98506

The Center for Alcohol & Drug Treatment, Wenatchee, WA 98807

Evergreen Recovery Centers, Everett, WA 98201

Holman Recovery Center, Arlington, WA 98223

Lifeline Connections, Vancouver, WA 98668

New Horizon Care Center dba Isabella House, Spokane, WA 98220

New Horizon Care Center dba Sun Ray Court, Spokane, WA 99220

Seattle Drug and Narcotic Center (SEADRUNAR), dba Key Recovery and Life Skills Center, Seattle, WA 98168

Triumph Treatment Services - Beth's Place, Yakima, WA 98902

Triumph Treatment Services - Casita Del Rio, Yakima, WA 98902

Triumph Treatment Services - Inspirations, Yakima, WA 98902

Triumph Treatment Services James Oldham, Buena, WA 98921

Triumph Treatment Services Riel House, Yakima, WA 98902

DOH licensing and certification of nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment facilities:

A facility's status as " DOH licensed and certified " in this section only refers to the facility having a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) / Basic Food endorsement.

Drug and alcohol treatment centers endorsed by DOH as eligible for Basic Food:

(Nonprofit facility authorized as a retailer under 7 CFR §237.11(e))

Adult & Teen Challenge Women's Center, Graham, WA 98338

Adult & Teen Challenge International Pacific NW Center, Renton, WA 98338

Adult & Teen Challenge Men's Center Spokane, WA 99224

Adult & Teen Challenge PNW, Pasco, WA 99302

The Salvation Army ARP, Seattle, WA 98178

Nonprofit shelters for the homeless:

According to the Washington Department of Commerce's Housing Division/ Homeless Programs and the Washington State Coalition for the Homeless, there are no "for-profit" shelters for the homeless in the state of Washington. We can assume that all the homeless shelters in Washington are non-profit for the purposes of determining eligibility for homeless applicants.