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WORK REGISTRANT DATA The SNAP general work requirements are described at 7 CFR 273.7(a). Individuals who do not meet a federal exemption from the general work requirements, as listed in 7 CFR 273.7(b)(1), are subject to the general work requirement and must register for work. In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(10), the State agency must submit to FNS the number of work registrants in the State as of October 1st. This information is submitted on the first quarter E&T Program Activity Report (FNS-583). Describe the process the State agency uses to count all work registrants in the State as of the first day of the new fiscal year (October 1). DBME takes the total number of SNAP participants and excludes those that are age exempt and those that meet a federal work exemption. Provide information about how work registrant data is pulled from the eligibility system, including the date the data is pulled. DBME automatically runs a scheduled report, via AZTECS, on midnight on the last working day of September each year, to identify all active work registrants receiving SNAP benefits, by first considering all active SNAP participants and determining, of these participants, which participants do not have a designated federal work registration exemption based on ADES' system coding. The data on Line 1 of the SNAP E&T Program Activity Report (FNS-583) identifies the total number of work registrants receiving SNAP benefits as of October 1 of each FFY. How are work registrants identified in the eligibility system? On the work registration screen (WORW) in the eligibility system (AZTECS), work registrants are indicated as nonexempt from the work requirements (WR) and nonexempt from the ABAWD time limit (RA) Work Participation Codes. Describe measures taken to prevent duplicate counting of work registrants within the federal fiscal year. As indicated earlier, DERS automatically runs an annual, scheduled report to identify all active work registrants. This data is placed into the Food Programs Reporting System and, on a quarterly basis (on the first Saturday of January, April, July and October), a comparison of unique High Level Client Index numbers and Social Security Numbers is made to identify and to exclude a duplicate counting of those individuals already counted in previous quarters. The data on Line 2 of the FNS-583 identifies, on a quarterly basis, the total number of work registrants receiving SNAP benefits for each quarter of the FFY. The total clients for each quarter is an unduplicated count throughout the FFY. 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 51/130