resident of an institution

A person who lives in a facility that provides them with the majority of their meals (more than 50 percent of three meals daily). Residents of institutions are not eligible to participate in SNAP, except for (a) a resident of housing for the elderly, subsidized under Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or section 236 of the National Housing Act; (b) a drug addict or alcoholic who is undergoing treatment at a drug or alcohol treatment center; (c) a resident of a group living arrangement who is disabled or blind and receives benefits under Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act; (d) a woman, or a woman with her children, who resides temporarily in a shelter for battered women and children; or (e) a resident of a public or private nonprofit shelter for the homeless.