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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 04/2020

WHO IS EXEMPT FROM SNAP WORK REGISTRATION

0028.06.12

MFIP, DWP, MSA, GA, GRH: No provisions.

SNAP: Federal regulations require that all non-exempt adult SNAP recipients register for work. In Minnesota, work registration is automatically accomplished when a unit member signs the Combined Application Form (CAF) when applying for the SNAP program. The adult who signs the CAF registers all adults in the SNAP unit who are required to register for work.

A recipient's work registration exemption status must be redetermined at least annually, and must be coded on the MAXIS system. The state then reports to the federal government the number of recipients who are exempt from work registration and the number who are not exempt. The federal government uses this information to determine the amount of federal funding Minnesota receives for SNAP E&T services.

Although work registration is not a component of the SNAP E&T program (it is a national SNAP program requirement), there is a close relationship between work registration and SNAP E&T participation. SNAP recipients who are exempt from work registration are also exempt from SNAP E&T participation. See 0028.06.03 (Who Must Participate in Empl. Services/SNAP E&T), 0028.06.10 (Who Is Exempt From SNAP E&T). However, some people are required to register for work even though they are exempt from participating in SNAP E&T.

Recipients meeting a work registration exemption for part of a month, are considered exempt for the entire month. When a recipient no longer qualifies for the exemption, unless specified differently below, remove the exemption the next month.

Receiving cash programs is not a work registration exemption. Persons applying for or receiving cash must be assessed for exemptions. See below for specific program requirements. The following people are exempt from SNAP work registration:

● Unfit for Employment is defined as someone physically or mentally unable, or is limited. to obtain or retain employment. The following persons are considered to be unfit for Employment:

- Individuals having a mental or physical illness, injury or incapacity which impairs the individual’s ability to obtain or retain employment as evidenced by professional certification or the receipt of temporary or permanent disability benefits issued by a private or government source. This includes persons receiving VA disability benefits from the Veteran’s Administration regardless of the percentage of the disability rating. Professional certification means a statement about a person’s illness, injury, or incapacity that is signed by a Qualified Professional with training and experience to diagnose and to certify the person’s condition.

NOTE: Being an applicant for disability benefits does not automatically qualify a person as unfit for employment. Use a signed statement from a qualified professional to determine unfitness for work.

- Persons who have an injury that is observed or if information about a surgery or recuperation of a surgery is provided by the client. Document in MAXIS CASE/NOTEs the conversation with the client and that they meet this work registration exemption. Place the detailed documentation of the exemption in the case file.

- Homeless persons. Homeless is specifically defined for this purpose as:

- - Lacking a fixed and regular nighttime residence, including temporary housing situations.

AND

- - Lacking access to work-related necessities (i.e. shower or laundry facilities, etc.).

Document in MAXIS CASE/NOTEs the conversation with the client and the details about how they meet this work registration exemption.

● Responsible for the care of a person who is professionally certified as having a mental or physical illness, injury, or incapacity. Verification that the incapacitated person is professionally certified as having a mental or physical illness, injury, or incapacity is not needed unless questionable. The incapacitated person does NOT need to be in the same SNAP unit or live in the