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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Stability (ES) Part No./Name B – Eligibility Factors Section No./Name B-1400-FITAP-SNAP-STEP SNAP Work Requirements Document No./Name B-1460-SNAP Work Registration Penalties Effective Date February 1, 2021

3 of 8 Prior to certification, if the agency learns that a member of the applicant’s household voluntarily quit, reduced their work effort, or refused an offer of employment after the application date, and good cause did not exist, then the individual who quit is not eligible for inclusion in the household * and must be disqualified. **

Impose a disqualification the earliest possible month for ongoing cases and cases closed due to procedural reasons. ***

EXCEPTION:

If non-compliance was not reported, not discovered timely, or the worker did not take timely action, determine when the disqualification would have been effective had it been imposed timely and good cause does not exist:

● If the disqualification period would still be in effect, impose the disqualification the first month following expiration of the Advance Notice of Adverse Action and complete a claim for the months of disqualification that were not imposed timely, or

● If the disqualification period would be over, complete a claim for the months of disqualification that were not imposed.

B-1463-SNAP - PO ENDING DISQUALIFICATION

The disqualification ends when:

● The mandatory one-* month, three-month, ** or six-month disqualification expires and the non- compliant member complies (See section B-1453-SNAP of B-1450-SNAP).

or

● The recipient becomes exempt at any point after non-compliance from work registration requirements according to B-1420-SNAP.

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An individual can be added to the on-going certification effective the month after the disqualification ends. Follow procedures in B-1463-2 SNAP-PR.

II. PROCEDURES

B-1461-SNAP - PR ACTION ON NON-COMPLIANCE WITH SNAP WORK REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

* If a MWR must be disqualified, follow procedures in B-1462-SNAP-PR. ** ***