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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? Good cause reasons for voluntarily quitting a job or reducing hours include circumstances beyond the individual's control such as, but not limited to, the following: • discrimination by an employer based on age, race, gender, color, handicap, religious beliefs, national origin, or political beliefs; • unreasonable work demands or conditions; • acceptance by the head of the group of new employment; • enrollment by the head of the group of at least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education that requires the head of the group to leave employment; • acceptance of employment by any other group member or enrollment at least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education in another jurisdiction which requires the group to move and thereby requires the head of the group to leave employment; • resignations by persons under the age of 60 who are recognized by the employer as retired • wage offered is less than the highest of applicable federal minimum wage, District minimum wage, or 80 percent of the federal minimum wage if neither the federal nor District wage is applicable; • acceptance of a bona fide offer of employment of more than 20 hours per week, or in which the weekly earnings are equivalent to or greater than the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours, which either does not materialize or results in employment of less than 20 hours a week or weekly earnings of less than the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours; • leaving a job with patterns of employment in which workers are frequently moving such as migrant farm labor or construction work; • individual had to quit a job because s/he experienced one of the good cause situations related to failing to participate in work activities such as illness, incapacity, inability to secure child care, or s/he met one of the exemption criteria; and • job no longer meets the definition of 'suitable' (see Suitable Employment). Suitable Employment: Unsuitable employment can be refused (or quit) without penalty. Employment is considered unsuitable if it meets any one of the following criteria: • the wage offered is less than the highest of: o the applicable federal minimum wage, o the applicable District minimum wage, or o 80 percent of the federal minimum wage if neither the federal nor the District minimum wage is applicable; • employment is offered on a piece-rate basis and the average hourly wage the employee can reasonably expect to earn is less than the applicable hourly minimum wage; • the household member is required to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any legitimate labor organization in order to be hired or to continue working; • the work offered is at a site subject to a strike or lockout at the time of the offer unless the strike has been enjoined under Section 208 of the Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley) or unless an injunction has been issued under Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act; 1/28/26, 11:03 AM State Plan DC FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-dcfy26stateplan//index.html 39/179