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When the participant can demonstrate, or it can be determined that the participant is physically or mentally incapable of performing the assigned tasks of the job, has documented medical evidence or reliable verification from other sources as required, that the degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable, or that the work hours or type of job interferes with the participant's religious convictions, beliefs, or practices. When a job is offered in the first 30 calendar days of work registration that is not in the participant's field of experience. After the first 30 calendar days of registration, the participant may be required to accept a job outside the field of experience. The SNAP participant was required to leave a job due to accepting other employment of comparable hours or salary or becoming enrolled at least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education. The SNAP participant was required to leave a job due to another participant in the budgetary unit that is accepting employment in another city or county that requires the budgetary unit to move or enroll at least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education in another city or county. Describe the State agency's process to determine good cause if there is not an appropriate and available opening for an E&T participant. Arizona operates a voluntary E&T Program and will not take any negative action, such as disqualifying any SNAP participant, for failure to comply with SNAP E&T services. An ABAWD participant who misses some hours with good cause meets an ABAWD work requirement when the absence from work or a work program is temporary. An ABAWD participant is determined to have good cause for not meeting the ABAWD work requirements when the circumstances are beyond the control of the participant. Good cause for not meeting an ABAWD work requirement could include, and is not limited to, any of the following: Illness.Illness of other household members, requiring the presence of the participant.Household emergency.Unavailability of transportation. For the benefit month that the ABAWD participant did not meet the ABAWD work requirements, the full month of NA benefits does not count towards the three countable months for the ABAWD benefit time limit when all of the following apply: The participant reported the change timely. The participant provided a good cause reason. The good cause reason is temporary and the ABAWD participant returns to meeting the ABAWD work requirement in the following month. When the reason for the reduction in hours is not temporary, the ABAWD participant needs to meet one of the following to receive more than three countable full months of benefits: An ABAWD work requirement. An NA work requirement exemption.An ABAWD exemption. 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 42/130