ACCESS OF HOMELESS WOMEN. INFANTS, AND CHILDREN TO THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM.

SEC. 212. ACCESS OF HOMELESS WOMEN. INFANTS, AND CHILDREN TO THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. (a) Definitions.—Section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(15) ’Homeless individual’ means— “(A) an individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence; or “(B) an individual whose primary nighttime residence is— 102 STAT. 1658 “(i) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter (including a welfare hotel or congregate shelter) designed to provide temporary living accommodations; “(ii) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; “(iii) a temporary accommodation in the residence of another individual; or “(iv) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.”. (b) General Authority.—The last sentence of section 17(c)(1) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(c)(1) is amended to read as follows: “The program shall be supplementary to— “(A) the food stamp program; “(B) any program under which foods are distributed to needy families in lieu of food stamps; and “(C) receipt of food or meals from soup kitchens, or shelters, or other forms of emergency food assistance.”. (c) State Administration.—Section 17(f) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(iv), by striking out “migrants” and inserting in lieu thereof “migrants, homeless individuals,”; (2) in paragraph (8)(A), by inserting “organizations and agencies serving homeless individuals and shelters for victims of domestic violence,” after “Indian tribal organizations,”; (3) in paragraph (13), by striking out “cultural eating patterns.” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “cultural eating patterns, and, in the case of homeless individuals, the special needs and problems of such individuals.”; and (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: (17) The State agency may adopt methods of delivering benefits to accommodate the special needs and problems of homeless individuals.”.