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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. In general, responsibilities are as follows: In the interview, the worker updates the appropriate fields in the Louisiana Integrated Technology for Eligibility (LITE) system and runs eligibility to determine if a SNAP applicant is eligible for SNAP benefits. During eligibility determination, LITE determines if the household member is exempt from work registration requirements. After eligibility is run, the worker reviews the eligibility summary to determine if the SNAP applicant was appropriately screened for work registration exemptions. If the household member is not exempt, the worker then instructs the household member to register for work with Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) by creating a Helping Individuals Reach Employment (HiRE) account before the SNAP case is authorized. How does the State agency work register non-exempt individuals? If the household member is not exempt, the worker then instructs the household member to register for work with LWC by creating a Helping Individuals Reach Employment (HiRE) account before the SNAP case is authorized and documented in LITE. A notice is provided to the household advising that to register for a HiRE account, the Mandatory Work Registrant (MWR) must: • Go online to the LWC website at www.laworks.net or; • Go to the local LWC office and register by using a kiosk located at the office or; • Go to a local LWC Business and Career Solutions Center and register. The account must be active at certification and recertification to be registered for work. In LITE, an automated interface is run to check the work registration of all MWRs in HiRE. The results are displayed in the Clearance Summary. Staff must review the Clearance Summary to determine if the MWR is registered for work with LWC. If the HiRE account information is not displayed in the Clearance Summary, staff must use the On-Demand LA Works button to run the query. Louisiana Integrated Technology for Eligibility (LITE) determines if the household member is an ABAWD or non-ABAWD and if the ABAWD is meeting the ABAWD work requirements. Households are advised of Louisiana’s SNAP E&T voluntary program and ABAWD work requirements orally and through notices at certification, recertification, when a new member joins the household, and when a household member becomes subject to a work requirement. The eligibility system, LITE, stores and tracks all notices sent through the system. 1/29/26, 8:19 AM State Plan LA FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-lafy26stateplan//index.html 22/115