Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 360.000 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): general provisions
Section 360.120 - Special Uses of SNAP Benefits
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
Certain households have been authorized to use their SNAP benefits to buy prepared meals or to make it less difficult to obtain food. These authorized special uses of SNAP benefits are:
(A) Communal Dining.
(B) Meals on Wheels.
(C) Food Purchases for Residents of Drug or Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers. Members of eligible households who are narcotic addicts or alcoholics and who regularly participate in a drug or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program may use SNAP benefits to purchase food provided for them during the course of such programs by an organization or institution meeting the requirements of 106 CMR 365.610: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers, if one of the following is true:
(D) Meal Purchases for Residents of Group Living Arrangements. Eligible residents of group living arrangement facilities who are blind or disabled as defined in 106 CMR 361.210: Elderly or Disabled Individuals and acting on their own behalf may use SNAP benefits to buy meals prepared and served at the facility especially for them, if:
(E) Meal Purchases for Residents of Shelters for Battered Individuals and Their Children. Residents of shelters for battered individuals and their children, as defined in 106 CMR 365.550: Residents of Shelters for Battered Women and Their Children, may use their SNAP benefits to buy meals prepared by the shelter if:
(F) Meals for Homeless Households. Eligible households not living in permanent dwellings or having no fixed mailing addresses may use all or part of the SNAP benefits for meals prepared and served by a public or private nonprofit establishment (e.g., homeless meal provider, soup kitchen, temporary shelter) approved by an appropriate state or local agency to feed homeless individuals and authorized by FNS as a retail food outlet.