Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 663 - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HOUSEHOLD
Subchapter 4 - GROUP LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
Section 17-663-37 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

"Eligible foods" means:

(1) Any food or food product intended for human consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and hot foods and hot food products prepared for immediate consumption;

(2) Seeds and plants to grow foods for the personal consumption of eligible households;

(3) Meals prepared and delivered by an authorized meal delivery service like meals on wheels to households eligible to use food stamp EBT benefits to purchase delivered meals;

(4) Meals served by a communal dining facility for the elderly, or supplemental security income households to households eligible to use food stamp EBT benefits for communal dining;

(5) Meals prepared and served by an authorized drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program to narcotic addicts or alcoholics and their children who live with them;

(6) Meals prepared and served by an authorized group living arrangement facility to residents who are blind or disabled as defined in the definition of "disabled member" contained in section 17-663-1;

(7) Meals prepared by and served by a shelter for battered women and children to its eligible residents; and

(8) In the case of homeless food stamp households, meals prepared for and served by an authorized public or private nonprofit establishment that feeds homeless persons (e.g., soup kitchen, temporary shelter) which is approved by the Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division.

"Group living arrangement" means a public or private nonprofit residential setting that serves no more than sixteen residents and is certified by the department or the state department of health under regulations issued under section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act or under standards determined by the U. S. Department of Agriculture to be comparable to standards implemented by the department or the state department of health under section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act. To be eligible for food stamp benefits, a resident of a group living arrangement shall be blind or disabled as defined in the definition of "disabled member" contained in section 17-663-1.

"Nonprofit group living arrangement" means an institution which has a tax exempt certificate from the Internal Revenue Service.

"Retail food store" means:

(1) An establishment, or department thereof, or neighborhood's, farmers', or people's open market food peddlers whose food sales consist of over fifty per cent of eligible staple food items used for home preparation and consumption. Eligible staple foods include meat, poultry, fish, bread, cereals, vegetables, fruits, and dairy products, but do not include hot prepared foods and accessory items such as coffee, tea, cocoa, carbonated and uncarbonated drinks, candy, condiments, and spices;

(2) Public or private communal dining facilities, -certain federally subsidized housing facilities, and meal delivery services which provide meals to eligible elderly and disabled individuals;

(3) Drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation programs and publicly operated community mental health centers which conduct residential programs for drug addicts or alcoholics that meet the requirements specified in section 17-663-24;

(4) Private nonprofit cooperative food buying clubs;

(5) Public or private nonprofit group living arrangements;

(6) Public or private nonprofit shelters for battered women and children; and

(7) Public or private nonprofit establishments, approved by the department's Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division, that feeds homeless persons.