Ohio Admin. Code 5101:4-1-04 - Food assistance: benefit issuance and use
SNAP benefits are issued to assistance groups on an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card using a direct access system known as an EBT on-line system.
SNAP benefits can be used by assistance group members to purchase eligible foods, including seeds and plants, for home consumption and use. Items allowed to be purchased with the EBT card are established by the United States department of agriculture (USDA) food and nutrition service (FNS) and are described in rule 5101:4-1-03 of the Administrative Code.
Assistance groups are not required to have cooking facilities or access to cooking facilities to be eligible for SNAP benefits.
Local FNS field offices are responsible for the licensing and monitoring of retail food stores participating in the SNAP program. FNS will authorize participation of:
(9) Soup kitchens.
A communal dining facility is a public or nonprofit
establishment, approved
Eligible assistance group
members,
or members who are housebound, physically
handicapped, or otherwise disabled to the extent they are unable to adequately
prepare all their meals,
, may use benefits issued to them to purchase meals from a nonprofit meal
delivery service authorized by FNS.
Benefits may be used to purchase
food at any
cooperative authorized by FNS,
including
those whose members pay for
prior to its
receipt.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5101.54
Rule Amplifies: 329.04, 329.042, 5101.54
Prior Effective Dates: 06/02/1980, 12/01/1980, 06/12/1983, 03/24/1988 (Emer.), 06/18/1988, 12/01/1994, 05/01/1996, 02/01/1999, 10/01/2001 (Emer.), 10/11/2001, 08/01/2005, 01/01/2011, 04/01/2016
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