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Title 7: SNAP Page 36 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter I: Specific Households and Participants Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents… Revised February 13, 2026 ABAWD Exemptions Guidance: The following scenarios illustrate circumstances that would lead to the determination that a person is unfit for employment. 1. During the application interview, you discover that the person has had many jobs but repeatedly lost them. Through your conversation, you discover the person has a history of getting fired quickly or quitting due to uncontrollable outbursts of anger with the employer or coworkers. This may be an untreated mental health issue that currently makes the person mentally unfit for employment. Document worker determination that the person is physically or mentally unfit due to anger issues explained by the client. 2. While interviewing a person, you discover he has been in and out of various substance abuse treatment programs for several months. Even if he is not currently in a program, these circumstances and issues make him physically or mentally unfit for employment and must be documented in the case file.