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Volume IIA

OMTL-683 SNAP Work Requirements

R. 10/25/25

MS 2350 CHANGES IN ABAWD STATUS (1)

A. Review all reported household changes for possible impact on ABAWD status. Changes that can alter ABAWD status are:

1. Beginning or ending pregnancy;

2. Gained or lost employment;

3. Beginning or ending participation or reducing the number of hours of participation in a SNAP E&T component:

4. Change in work registration exemption status;

5. [Change in age, 65 or older;

6. Change in member under age 14 moving in or out of the household;]

7. Move to an exempt or non-exempt county;

8. Temporary or permanent disability begins or ends; and

9. Reduction in the number of hours worked to less than 20 weekly.

Changes in ABAWD status must be acted on promptly once they become known to the Agency.

B. Process changes which affect ABAWD eligibility as follows:

1. At recertification, review ABAWD requirements with the recipient. Identify any changes in ABAWD status that have occurred since the last interview;

2. Enter known and reported changes in the SNAP case and update the appropriate questions for the member on the system. This ensures that the system assigns the correct tracking code for future months; and

3. Determine the date of the change.

a. Review the ABAWD’s Work Participation Month Tracker screen to ensure system-assigned tracking codes are correct for the time period in question. b. Change the tracking code for noncompliant or compliant months, as needed. Only the Field Services Supervisor or Case Manager can manually correct the tracking code. c. Document the case record for review purposes.

C. ABAWD status codes MUST be corrected for the month the change occurred. Status changes can be made at any time for any month during the 36-month tracking period. Go to the Individual Summary page for the member and click on “Work Participation Month Tracker” to make needed corrections.