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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 16
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 5 Chapter 16 Specific SNAP Requirements
16.2.1.E Responsibilities of the Worker The Worker has the following responsibilities: • Accept and process any application made by or on behalf of residents of GLFs; • Accept the GLF's determination of who will apply for the residents and how they are grouped into AGs; • Explain how SNAP benefits and the EBT card may be used by eligible residents, and the requirements found in 16.2.1.D above, if applicable; • Verify the GLF requirements 16.2.1.A above; • Explain the responsibilities of the GLF; and • Report any suspected misuse of SNAP benefits by the GLF to the DFA Policy Unit; complaints will be referred to the USDA. 16.2.1.F A Change in the Status of the GLF When a GLF loses its FNS authorization as a retailer, the residents who applied on their own behalf continue to be eligible to participate. Those for whom the GLF was the authorized representative must be evaluated individually for eligibility. Upon loss of FNS authorization, SNAP benefits must not be used to purchase food or meals from the GLF. 16.2.1.G When the Resident Leaves the GLF Residents who apply on their own behalf retain the use of their SNAP benefits and are entitled to take their remaining benefits with them if they subsequently leave the GLF at any time during the month. A resident who applies on his own behalf and receives his benefits by EBT, requires no return of benefits. If, for some reason, he has a GLF employee as an authorized cardholder, he must request the removal of the cardholder or a change to another cardholder. If a group of residents apply as one AG, and a resident leaves the GLF, that resident’s prorated monthly share of the remaining SNAP based upon the date the resident left the facility must be given to him by the facility or the other AG members, whichever is appropriate. The AG must decide how to let the individual who is leaving the GLF spend his portion of the SNAP benefits.