Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 365.000 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): special situation households
Section 365.610 - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers

A drug or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program is one that is managed by a publicly operated community mental health facility under part B of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act or by a private nonprofit organization or institution. The center shall receive and spend the SNAP benefit allotment for food prepared by and/or served to residents and their children.

Residents of drug or alcohol treatment centersshall apply and be certified for SNAP benefits on their own behalf. The resident must authorize the transfer of their monthly SNAP benefit allotment to the center through the use of an on-site Point of Sale (POS) Terminal or Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Manual Voucher System.