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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) MANUAL WORK REGISTRATION Section 130 Page 10

130.17 Voluntary Quit and Reduction of Work Effort (continued) a. Before the reduction, the individual was employed 30 hours or more per week; b. The reduction occurred within 30 days prior to the date the application was filed or any time thereafter; and c. The reduction was without good cause.

130.18 Determination of Voluntary Quit

A. Participant Households a. When a participating household loses a source of income, determine if any currently unemployed household member quits their job under the conditions described in section 130.17 above. Do not delay benefits pending this determination. i. The eligibility worker may use an unemployment benefit determination as the basis for establishing whether a job was voluntarily quit. b. An employee of the federal, state, or local government who participates in a strike against the government and is dismissed from his or her job because of participating in the strike is considered to have voluntarily quit the job without good cause. c. The following situations are not considered a voluntary quit: i. If an individual quits a job, secures new employment at comparable wages or hours, and is then laid off or, through no fault of their own, loses the new job, then the earlier quit will not form the basis for disqualification. ii. Changes in employment status resulting from an employer initiated reduction in hours of employment, termination of a self-employment enterprise, or a resignation from a job at the demand of the employer. iii. Quitting a job that paid less than 30 times the hourly federal minimum wage.

______________________________________________________________________ REVISED SEPTEMBER 2025