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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 3000 3502 RTW Exemptions

3500 The SNAP Requirement to Work (RTW) 5. Anyone who is pregnant. This exemption covers all trimesters of pregnancy. 6. An Indian or an Urban Indian (as per PL 119-21 signed into law July 4, 2025. Acceptable verifications include Tribal Enrollment/Membership card, Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB), Letter from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Letter from Tribe, or other acceptable information. • Indian is defined as any person who is a member of an Indian tribe. • An Indian Tribe is defined as any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or group or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.], which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. • Urban Indian is defined as any individual who resides in an urban center and who meets one (1) or more of these four (4) criteria: • Regardless of whether they live on or near a reservation, is a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians, including those tribes, bands or groups terminated since 1940 and those recognized now or in the future by the State in which they reside, or who is a descendant, in the first (1st) or second (2nd) degree, of any such member; or • Is an Eskimo or Aleut or other Alaska Native; or • Is considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; or • Is determined to be an Indian under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 7. A California Indian is an individual who is (as per PL 119-21 signed into law July 4, 2025.) • A member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe • Are a descendant of an Indian who was residing in California on June 1, 1852, if such descendant; o Is a member of the Indian community served by a local program of the Indian Health Service; and o Is regarded as an Indian by the community in which such descendant lives • Are an Indian who holds trust interest in public domain, national forest, or reservation allotments in California; or o Are an Indian of California who is listed on the plans for distribution of the assets of rancherias and reservations located within the State of California under the Act of August 18, 1958, and any descendant of such an Indian. 8. Is otherwise exempt from work registration as outlined at SNAP 3200. Individuals sixty (60) to sixty-four (64) years of age must qualify for an exemption that is not based on age to be exempt from the Requirement to Work.