Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE › Title 106 CMR 365.000 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): special situation households › Section 365.620 - Group Living Arrangements

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
A group living arrangement is defined as a community-based
				residential facility operated by a public or private nonprofit organization or
				institution authorized to serve no more than 16 residents. The facility shall
				be certified by an appropriate state agency under regulations issued pursuant
				to section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act, or under standards determined by
				the Secretary of Agriculture, to be comparable to standards implemented by
				appropriate state agencies under such section. To be eligible for SNAP
				benefits, residents of group living arrangements, not including Teen Parent
				Structured Living Programs (TLPs), must be blind or disabled as defined in
				106 CMR
				361.240:
Ineligible
				Households
.
Before certifying a resident of a group living arrangement, the
				worker must verify that the facility is operated by a nonprofit organization or
				institution certified by the appropriate State agency and authorized to serve
				no more than 16 residents.
(A)
Application Procedures for Group Living Arrangements Not Including
			 Teen Parent Structured Living Programs (TLPs)
. Residents of group
			 living arrangements, not including TLPs, may apply and be certified through the
			 use of an authorized representative who is an employee of and designated by the
			 facility; or apply and be certified on their own behalf or through the use of
			 an authorized representative of their own choice. The facility shall make the
			 determination whether a resident must apply through the facility's authorized
			 representative, or may apply on his or her own behalf or through the use of an
			 authorized representative of his or her own choice. The determination shall be
			 based on the resident's physical and mental ability to handle his or her own
			 affairs. All of the residents of the group living arrangement do not have to be
			 certified using the same method.
(1)
Group Living Arrangement as Authorized Representative
.
			 Residents that apply through the use of the facility's authorized
			 representative shall have their eligibility determined as one-person
			 households. The facility shall receive and spend the residents' SNAP benefit
			 allotment for food to be prepared and served to the eligible residents, or may
			 allow the residents to use any portion of their allotments on their own
			 behalf.
(2) When a resident, or
			 group of residents, applies and is certified on their own behalf or through the
			 use of an authorized representative of their own choice, they must authorize
			 the transfer of their monthly SNAP benefit to the facility through the use of
			 an on-site POS Terminal or EBT Manual Voucher System. The facility shall
			 receive and spend the residents' SNAP benefit allotment for food to be prepared
			 and served to the eligible residents, or may allow the residents to use any
			 portion of their allotments on their own behalf.