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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 04/2020

WHO IS EXEMPT FROM SNAP WORK REGISTRATION

0028.06.12

same home as the work registrant. Eligibility for this exemption requires the work registrant give the information listed below verbally or in writing:

- Name of the incapacitated person.

- Number of hours and days per week that care of this incapacitated person is provided.

In order for this Work Registration exemption to be used, compare the amount of time care is provided to the amount of time that the work registrant is available to work or participate in SNAP Employment & Training (E&T) Activities. The ABAWD work requirement is 20 hours/week, averaged 80 hours/month. This work registration exemption should be used only when the amount of care provided for the incapacitated person is equal to or more than 20 hours/week, averaged 80 hours/month. Consult with your Employment Service SNAP E&T Provider if there are questions about whether the SNAP recipient is available to participate in SNAP E&T activities.

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 including the name of the incapacitated person and the number of hours and days per week that care of the incapacitated person is provided by the work registrant.

● Age 60 or older.

● Under age 16.

● Age 16 or 17 and living with a parent or caregiver, or attending school or enrolled in an employment training program at least half-time.

● Responsible for the care of a person who is a dependent child under age 6 (even if child care is available). A child under age 6 does NOT need to be in the same SNAP unit or live in the same home as the work registrant. When this child does not live in the same home, eligibility for this exemption requires the work registrant to provide the following information verbally or in writing:

- Child’s name.

- Child’s birthdate.

- Number of hours and days per week that the care of the child under 6 is provided.

In order for this work registration exemption to be used, compare the amount of time care is provided to the amount of time that the work registrant is available to work or participate in SNAP Employment & Training (E&T) Activities. The ABAWD work requirement is 20 hours/week, averaged 80 hours/month. This work registration exemption should be used only when the amount of care provided for the child is equal to or more than 20 hours/week, averaged 80 hours/month.

Consult your Employment Service SNAP E&T Provider if there are questions about the SNAP recipient is available to participate in SNAP E&T activities.

In some cases more than one SNAP unit member can claim this child under age 6 work registration exemption.

The unit members may designate which person will use this exemption, but may not change the person designated until the next recertification period. This exemption ends the month after the child turns 6.

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 including the child’s name, birthdate, and the number of hours and days per week that care of the child under age 6 is provided by the work registrant.

● Employed or self-employed and meets 1 of the provisions below: