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How many attempts are made to reach out to the SNAP participant for additional information? One Two Three More than three What is the State agency's criteria for good cause? When a participant quits their job, reduces their work hours, or refuses a job offer, the participant must provide the State agency with a good cause reason in order to not be disqualified from SNAP benefits. The State determines good cause on a case-by-case basis. The FAA Eligibility Worker must ask clarifying questions to determine if the participant has a good cause reason. The State agency’s policy contains good cause reasons that include, but are not limited to, all of the following: Circumstances beyond the participant's control, such as illness or the incapacity of another person that requires the presence of the participant, because the distance to the job was unreasonable due to no public or private transportation and being too far to walk, or because the commuting time exceeds two hours, not including the time needed to take a child to a child care facility. An unanticipated emergency, such as a court-ordered appearance or incarceration, that stops a participant from reporting for work, severe weather that stops the participant and other people from going to work, or the lack of adequate child care when the participant is responsible for the care of a child who is between the ages of six through 11. The participant's inability to write or speak a language necessary for employment. Employer discrimination based on Age, Race, Sex, Color, Handicap, Religious beliefs, National origin, or Political beliefs. Work demands or conditions that render continued employment unreasonable, including but not limited to, working without being paid on schedule. Resignation by a participant under age 60, recognized by the employer as retired. Quitting a job to accept new employment of similar hours and salary and, through no fault of the participant, the job fails to materialize, results in a layoff, work hours are less than 20 hours per week, or provides weekly earnings less than the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours per week. Leaving a job is connected with patterns of employment in which workers frequently move from one employer to another, such as migrant farm labor or construction work. Employment that is unsuitable. Employment may be suitable at the time a participant accepts a job, but becomes unsuitable later. This can occur when: The employment is subject to the federal minimum wage laws; Weekly earnings or the training wage must be less than the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours per week; When the employment is not subject to the federal minimum wage laws, weekly wages must be less than 80 percent of the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours per week; or The job being offered is on a piece-rate basis, and the average weekly income that the employee can reasonably expect to earn is less than 80 percent of 20 hours per week at federal minimum wage. The employee is required to join, not join, or quit a labor organization as a condition of employment. The job offered is at a location subject to strike or lockout unless the strike has been enjoined under the Taft- Hartley Act (Section 208 of the Labor Management Relations Act [29 U.S.C. 178]) or an injunction issued under Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160). Note: A striker who belongs to a union may not refuse work just because the job offered is non-union. 1/27/26, 9:53 AM State Plan AZ FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-azfy26stateplan//index.html 41/130