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SCREENING FOR WORK REGISTRATION State agency eligibility staff must screen for federal exemptions from work registration, per 7 CFR 273.7(a). Describe how the State agency screens applicants to determine if they are work registrants. During the SNAP eligibility determination interview, eligibility staff screen each applicant by considering the individual’s age, student status, physical or mental capacity, allowable exemptions, and household composition. Additional considerations include being responsible for the care of young children or household members who are disabled. The eligibility worker enters relevant information in KEES and, based on policy rules built into the system, KEES confirms the applicant’s work registrant status. Eligibility workers determine a client's work readiness the decide if they should be referred to Mandatory E&T, for example, if the client is in a rural area, do they have access to technology that would allow them to participate in the program? Does the client have access to transportation that would allow them to participate in the program? Is the client work ready and reasonably able to participate 30 hours per week in an employment program? Does the client speak and understand English well enough to participate? Does the client have the ability to clean their clothes and/or prepare themselves for interviews and/or employment? How does the State agency work register non-exempt individuals? DCF considers clients work registered when they sign the SNAP application. At what point in the certification process does the State agency provide the written explanation of the applicable work requirements? Select all that apply. Point of Intake Point of Certification Reported change in the work registrant status of household members Point of Recertification State does not provide written explanation At what point in the certification process does the State agency provide the oral explanation of the applicable work requirements? Select all that apply. Point of Intake Point of Certification Reported change in the work registrant status of household members Point of Recertification State does not provide oral explanation 1/29/26, 8:20 AM State Plan KS FY26 - Amendment 1 https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-ksfy26stateplan//index.html 16/71