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removing the child, the system will continue to show the member as exempt from work registration because it considers the member to be providing care for a child who is not a member in the SNAP Eligibility Determination Group (EDG).

F. Persons in receipt of Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB) or who have applied for but have not yet begun to receive UIB. If the member appeals a UIB denial, they remain exempt from work registration during the appeal process.

G. Persons in receipt of Veterans Administration (VA) benefits based on 100% disability.

H. A regular participant in a substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and rehabilitation program. Regular participation is both determined and verified by the center. This exemption also applies to regular participation in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.

I. Persons employed or self-employed, including in-kind income, who are working a minimum of 30 hours per week or have earnings at least equal to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours. This includes migrant and seasonal farm workers under contract or similar agreement with an employer or crew chief to begin employment within 30 days.

J. Persons enrolled at least half-time in any recognized school (including high school up until age 21), training program, or institution of higher education, if the person meets the conditions of being an eligible student. This includes eligible aliens who are participating in training programs approved, funded, or authorized by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. This does not include members enrolled in a General Educational Development (GED) program, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Program, Vocational Education program, or institution of higher education through placement by Employment and Training (E&T).

A student remains exempt during normal periods of class attendance, vacation, and recess unless the student graduates, is suspended, expelled, drops out, or does not intend to register for the next normal school term, excluding summer school.

Persons who are not enrolled at least half-time or who experience a break in their enrollment status due to graduation, expulsion, suspension, who drop out, or otherwise do not intend to return to school are not considered students for the purpose of qualifying for this exemption.

K. Household members who are applying jointly for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and SNAP through the Social Security Administration (SSA) have requirements for work registration waived until:

1. They are determined eligible for SSI and thereby become exempt from work registration; or