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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 12/2021

ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS

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Harry FS), 0007.03.02 (Six-Month Reporting), 0007.03.05 (Change Reporting).

You must retroactively count (or uncount) an ABAWD’s month of benefits as 1 of the 3 counted months if you later learn that your determination of the ABAWD’s exemption status, or whether or not the ABAWD met monthly work requirements, was incorrect, and when good cause cannot be granted. You must make this change in MAXIS. See TEMP Manual TE02.05.70 (Coding the WREG Panel for SNAP) for system instructions. When an ABAWD meets an exemption for any part of a month they are exempt for the entire month.

ENDING SNAP BENEFITS

Once an ABAWD uses all 3 counted months during the rolling 36 month period, unless they meet an exemption or a way to regain eligibility listed below (banked months, second 3-month period, or regaining eligibility), they are ineligible for SNAP. However, their income and deductions may still count for the additional unit members receiving SNAP. See 0016.39 (Income of Ineligible Able-Bodied Adults).

BANKED MONTHS

Banked months are months an ABAWD can receive SNAP that are in addition to, and available for use, after the 3 initial counted months have been used within the rolling 36 month clock. Banked months should only be used for ABAWDs subject to time- limited work rules. Prior to giving banked months, review the following: ● Does the ABAWD meet an exemption from the time-limited rules or from the general work rules? 0028.06.12 (Who Is Exempt From SNAP Work Registration), 0028.07 (General Work Rules for SNAP).

● Is the ABAWD living in a waived county or Indian reservation? The entire state of Minnesota is waived from the time-limits until June 30, 2022.

● Is the ABAWD meeting the 20 hour per week, averaged 80 hour per month work requirements?

● Has the ABAWD already exhausted all available banked months within the rolling 36-month period?

If meeting any of the items above, banked months are not available for the client. Update the case appropriately to reflect which item(s) they meet. If the ABAWD does not meet the criteria above, banked months must be given. Each ABAWD is allowed 9 total banked months in the rolling 36 month period. These months must be coded correctly in MAXIS. For coding instructions, see TEMP Manual TE02.05.70 (Coding the WREG Panel for SNAP), TE10 .34.01 (ABAWD Banked Months – System Process).

ABAWD ELIGIBILITY AFTER THE 3 MONTHS - SECOND 3-MONTH PERIOD

ABAWDs may be eligible for a second 3-month period if they meet certain criteria. If, during the same 36 month period, an ABAWD: ● Used all 3 counted months.

AND

● Has worked or participated in approved work or training activities at least 80 hours total in a 30-day period.

AND

● The work activities have ended or been reduced to less than 80 hours total per month.

The second 3-month period starts the 1st day of the 1st full month in which SNAP benefits are provided under this second 3- month eligibility period. A partial or prorated month is not counted as part of the second 3-month period. The second 3-month period runs for 3 consecutive countable months regardless of whether or not the participant receives benefits in all 3 months. This second 3-month period is only available once in any 36-month period.

ABAWD ELIGIBILITY – REGAINING ELIGIBILITY