WAG 05-01-01.
Individuals living in residential drug or alcohol treatment facilities can qualify for Food Assistance (SNAP/State Food) benefits. For individuals to qualify for Food Assistance benefits, the drug or alcohol treatment facility must be tax exempt and licensed by the Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR).
The Teen Challenge Program and Reformers Unanimous International are certified as drug and alcoholic treatment facilities by SUPR for this purpose.
The Bureau of Policy Development (BPD) will maintain an internal listing of all SUPR licensed facilities in the state in Caseworker Quicklinks and will update the listing quarterly. If staff learn of a facility not listed that is requesting Food Assistance benefits for their residents, contact the BPD via form Request for Specific Case Guidance. Do not deny them the right to apply for benefits.
Persons in residential treatment facilities must apply for their Food Assistance benefits through the facility's authorized representative. The authorized representative must be an employee of the facility.
Note: Customers who are already receiving Food Assistance benefits when they enter a residential drug or alcohol treatment facility are not required to reapply for benefits.
A resident, and their children, of an approved treatment facility:
- can qualify as a separate Food Assistance unit from other residents;
- is exempt from Work Provisions; and
- has the same rights as other Food Assistance units.
