Minnesota Statutes 256J.28 – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Subdivision 1.Expedited issuance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
The following households are entitled to expedited issuance of SNAP benefits assistance:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 256J.28
- Agency: has the meaning given in section 256P. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designated representative. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- Department: means the Minnesota Department of Human Services. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- Family: includes :
(1) the following individuals who live together: a minor child or a group of minor children related to each other as siblings, half siblings, stepsiblings, or adoptive siblings, together with their natural, adoptive parents, stepparents, or caregiver as defined in subdivision 11; and
(2) a pregnant woman with no other children. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- hearing: means the evidentiary hearing conducted by the department human services judge to resolve disputes as specified in section 256J. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- Home: means the primary place of residence used by a person as the base for day-to-day living and does not include locations used as mail drops. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- Household: means a group of persons who live together. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- Income: means cash or in-kind benefit, whether earned or unearned, received by or available to an applicant or participant that is not property under section 256P. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- MFIP: means the assistance program authorized in this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- MFIP assistance unit: means a group of mandatory or optional people receiving or applying for MFIP benefits together. See Minnesota Statutes 256J.08
- Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and "year" is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
(1) households with less than $150 in monthly gross income provided their liquid assets do not exceed $100;
(2) migrant or seasonal farm worker households who are destitute as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, subtitle B, chapter 2, subchapter C, part 273, section 273.10, paragraph (e)(3), provided their liquid assets do not exceed $100; and
(3) eligible households whose combined monthly gross income and liquid resources are less than the household‘s monthly rent or mortgage and utilities.
For any month an individual receives expedited SNAP benefits, the individual is not eligible for the MFIP food portion of assistance.
Subd. 2.SNAP benefits for household members not in assistance unit.
(a) For household members who purchase and prepare food with the MFIP assistance unit but are not part of the assistance unit, the county agency must determine a separate SNAP benefit based on regulations agreed upon with the United States Department of Agriculture.
(b) Fair hearing requirements for persons who receive SNAP benefits under this subdivision are governed by section 256.045, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, subtitle B, chapter II, part 273, section 273.15.
Subd. 3.Income disregard: food assistance portion of assistance payment.
The portion of the MFIP assistance payment that is designated by the commissioner as the food assistance portion of the assistance payment must be disregarded as income in the following programs:
(1) housing subsidy programs;
(2) low-income home energy assistance program;
(3) Supplemental Security Income, when determining interim assistance amount; and
(4) other programs that do not count SNAP benefits as income.
For the purposes of this subdivision, the food assistance portion of the assistance payment means a predetermined portion of the MFIP assistance payment that may be received in point-of-purchase sites or as SNAP benefits. The predetermined portion of the assistance payment will vary by family profile, which is based on family size.
Subd. 4.
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Subd. 5.SNAP benefits for persons residing in a battered woman’s shelter.
Members of an MFIP assistance unit residing in a battered woman’s shelter may receive SNAP benefits or the food portion twice in a month if the unit that initially received the SNAP benefits or food portion included the alleged abuser.