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Shelter Costs When Homeless - SNAP (Food Stamps)

In the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamp Program), if all members of your household are homeless, and not receiving free shelter throughout the month, you may be eligible for the Standard Homeless Shelter deduction, the Excess Shelter Deduction, or certain Standard Utility Allowances.

Answering "YES" to the WorkWORLD questions "Are you homeless?" and "Do you have verifiable expenses due to costs of shelter that you do not receive for free?" will cause WorkWORLD to ask several questions, depending on your circumstances, about expenses you may incur related to shelter costs. In these situations, WorkWORLD will then automatically determine, based on your responses, which deductions and allowances are most appropriate for your situation.

If you answer "NO" to the question "Do you have verifiable expenses due to costs of shelter that you do not receive for free?", WorkWORLD will assume that since you have no shelter expenses, you are not eligible for any shelter deductions.

NOTE: Prior to 2001, it was common practice in many states to automatically grant either the Standard Homeless Deduction or Excess Shelter Deduction to homeless households. Effective January 20, 2001 new regulations became effective requiring a homeless household to have verifiable expenses in order to be eligible for these deductions.

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