MFIP:
Living in an institution does not always cause ineligibility. See 0014.09 (Assistance Units - Temporary Absence) for how temporary absences, including institutionalization, affect eligibility.

See 0011.21 (Receipt of Other Assistance) for eligibility for some residents of Rule 31 facilities.


SNAP:
People living in an institution may be eligible for SNAP depending on the facility in which they live, the amount of meals provided by the facility and whether or not the resident has the ability to opt out of receiving those meals.

Consider people who get more than 50% of 3 meals daily from the facility where they live to be residents of institutions and ineligible for SNAP unless they meet an exception.

To receive meals from the facility and be eligible for SNAP, the person must meet one of the exceptions below:

●	Live in a licensed assisted living facility of any size or profit status AND have opted out of receiving more than 1 meal per day.
●	Live in federally subsidized housing for the elderly.
●	Live in a drug and/or alcohol (DAA) rehabilitation and treatment center meeting SNAP criteria. For the definition of DRUG ADDICTION OR ALCOHOLIC TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM, see 0002.17 (Glossary – Displaced Homemaker…). Also see 0011.12.01 (Drug Addiction or Alcohol Treatment Facility).
●	Individuals who are disabled or blind living in a Group Living Arrangement (GLA). To meet the disability criteria for this exception, see category 1 in 0010.18.06 (Verifying Disability/Incapacity - SNAP). For the definition of Group Living Arrangement (GLA) see 0002.29 - GLOSSARY: GROSS RSDI. To be considered a GLA for SNAP eligibility the setting must:

-	Be publically operated or a privately operated non-profit
	AND
-	Have 16 beds or less.

●	Public or private residential facilities serving battered persons and their children.
●	Public or private non-profit shelters for the homeless.

Students attending postsecondary higher education who purchase and/or receive meals from the institution may be ineligible for SNAP. See 0011.18 (Students)

Depending on the facility, people may apply on their own behalf or through an authorized representative EXCEPT for residents of drug or alcohol treatment programs who must apply through an authorized representative who is an employee designated by the center. See 0011.12.01 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities), 0005.06 (Authorized Representatives), 0014.03.06 (Determining the SNAP Unit).

Counties/Tribal Nations that receive applications from facilities that are unlicensed should contact the SNAP Program Manager at the MN Department of Human Services.


MSA:
Only the following people living in institutions are eligible:

●	People for whom MA pays the cost of care. This includes people in Regional Treatment Centers who have developmental disabilities as their primary diagnosis.
●	People in IMDs, EXCEPT for Regional Treatment Centers.

See 0020.21 (MSA Assistance Standards) for assistance standards for people living in institutions.

Some people may continue to get MSA while they are in an ineligible institution. See 0014.09 (Assistance Units - Temporary Absence).
People in group residential housing who meet an MSA basis of eligibility are income ineligible for MSA.


GA:
People living in penal institutions or admitted as inpatients to licensed hospitals are ineligible. GA participants are eligible through the end of the month they enter the institution or are admitted to the hospital.


HSP:
People who live in 1 of the following establishments may be eligible for HSP payment if the county agency has a HSP agreement with the provider and the participant meets other HSP eligibility criteria:

●	An establishment licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health as a:

-	Hotel and restaurant.
	OR
-	Boarding and lodging establishment.
	OR
-	Non-certified boarding care home.
	OR
-	Supervised living facility.

●	An establishment registered with the Minnesota Department of Health as a housing with services that provides 3 meals a day.
●	An establishment licensed by DHS as a family or corporate adult foster home. Some people may continue to get HSP while they are in another living arrangement. See 0014.09 (Assistance Units - Temporary Absence).