Section 16.03.04.796 - SHELTERS FOR BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDRENThe Department must determine if the shelter for battered women and children is a public or private non-profit residential facility. The Department must determine if the shelter serves only battered women and their children. If the facility serves other persons, the Department must determine if a portion of the facility is set aside to serve only battered women and children. Shelters having FNS authorization to redeem Food Stamps on a wholesale basis meet the shelter definition. Battered women and children shelter rules are listed below: (3-17-22)
01.Food Stamp Eligibility. Women and children who recently left a household containing a person who abused them may get Food Stamps, even if the household they left was getting Food Stamps. Shelter residents may apply for and get separate Food Stamps only once in a month. The original Food Stamp certification must have included the person who subjected them to abuse. The resident household must meet eligibility criteria for income, resources, and expenses. (3-17-22)02.Income, Resources, and Expenses. Income, resources, and expenses of the household are counted. Income, resources, and expenses of their former household, containing the person who subjected them to abuse, are not counted. Jointly held resources are inaccessible if the resources are jointly owned by the shelter resident and members of the abusive household. Jointly held resources are inaccessible if the shelter residents' access to the resource is dependent on the agreement of the joint owner still living in the former household. Room payments to the shelter are shelter expenses. (3-17-22)03.Food Stamps for Former Household. The Department must take prompt action to correct the former household's eligibility and allotment. The Department must issue a ten (10) day advance notice of adverse action. (3-17-22)Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.04.796