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MFIP participants who do not qualify for the federally-funded food portion of the MFIP grant due to non-citizenship status. The monthly amount of assistance is equal to the food portion the non-citizens would have been eligible for under MFIP if citizenship requirements were met.

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Certain non-citizens may be eligible for state funded SNAP. State funded SNAP is also known as the Minnesota Food Assistance Program (MFAP) and referred to in MAXIS as the State Food Amount. To be eligible for MFAP, the non-citizen must meet all the following:

• Be age 50 or older
• Not receiving MFIP
• Have one of the following immigration statuses:
• Applicants for Asylum
• Applicants for LPR Status
• Deferred Action
• DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
• Deferred Enforced Departure
• U-Visa Holders
• Paroled in the US for less than One Year
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• Stay of Deportation/Orders of Supervision
• Lawful Permanent Residents who are ineligible for federal SNAP due to a waiting period

Follow all federal SNAP income, budgeting, sponsor deeming, and benefit allotment policies and procedures to determine eligibility and calculate the eligible non-citizen’s benefit allotment. The benefit allotment must be the same as if they would have been eligible for federal SNAP.

MFAP recipients are subject to SNAP work rules unless exempt, see 0028.06.12 (Who is Exempt from the SNAP General Work Rules) and 28.06.15 (Who is Exempt from the SNAP Time-Limited Work Rules).