523.2 One Monthly Issuance Entitlement/ Duplicate Participation

A person may not receive SNAP benefits in more than one household, county, or state in the same month.   7 CFR § 273.3

Exception: A resident of a shelter for battered women and children may receive more than one SNAP issuance in a month if the resident was a member of the alleged abuser’s SNAP household. (See Chapter 511.)   7 CFR § 273.11(g)

NOTE:  Puerto Rico's Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) is not equivalent to SNAP.   Receipt of NAP benefits can not be considered as duplicate participation in SNAP.

 

 

Reissued March 1, 2012 , replacing June 18, 2008