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WORK REGISTRANT DATA The SNAP general work requirements are described at 7 CFR 273.7(a). Individuals who do not meet a federal exemption from the general work requirements, as listed in 7 CFR 273.7(b)(1), are subject to the general work requirement and must register for work. In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(10), the State agency must submit to FNS the number of work registrants in the State as of October 1st. This information is submitted on the first quarter E&T Program Activity Report (FNS-583). Describe the process the State agency uses to count all work registrants in the State as of the first day of the new fiscal year (October 1). The total FAP work registrant population is comprised of FAP individuals. This potential population is reviewed for exempt status by the MDHHS Family Independence Specialist (FIS) or Eligibility Specialist (ES). Each individual on Michigan's automated systems is assigned a Deferral/Participation Reason Code. This code identifies the individuals work registrant status. Provide information about how work registrant data is pulled from the eligibility system, including the date the data is pulled. The initial count of work registrants was taken from the total of all FAP recipients, on September 30th at midnight, from which all FAP recipients exempt, or meeting work requirements were subtracted. How are work registrants identified in the eligibility system? Work registrants are identified in the Bridges eligibility system on the FAP EDG summary. Each individual is counted under the EDG information, Work Registrants section. Describe measures taken to prevent duplicate counting of work registrants within the federal fiscal year. The quarterly work registrant counts are based on the same Deferral/Participation Reason Code field referenced above. For each quarter's report, only those individuals for whom an eligible work registrant code was entered during the quarter are counted and the Data Warehouse system has an internal check to ensure the counts are unique for the entire FY. 1/29/26, 8:18 AM State Plan MI FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mify26stateplan//index.html 49/181