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SCREENING FOR WORK REGISTRATION State agency eligibility staff must screen for federal exemptions from work registration, per 7 CFR 273.7(a). Describe how the State agency screens applicants to determine if they are work registrants. The eligibility worker reviews details of the persons in the SNAP unit, whether on the application, renewal forms, when a change is reported/known, or information in the case file. Eligibility workers are looking for indicators of possible work registration exemptions. Indicators include, but are not limited to; homelessness, disabilities or illnesses, ages of the people in the SNAP unit and current employment activities. Once the review has been completed, the worker contacts the client either during application interview, or another appropriate time to ask additional questions about potential work registration exemptions and any other needed details. Once someone in the household is identified as needing to follow time-limited work rules and/or general work rules, the household is contacted to attempt to give an oral explanation and mailed a copy of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP Work Rules Notice (DHS-8159) and Facts on Voluntarily Quitting Your Job If You Are on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (DHS- 2707). If the potential work registration exemption must be verified, the worker sends out a Verification Request Form (DHS-2919), allowing the client a minimum of 10 days to send back verification. If the verification request is during the processing of an initial application, the client is allowed the full application timeframe to submit verifications. Full policy can be found in the Minnesota Combined Manual sections listed below: • 0028.06.12 – WHO IS EXEMPT FROM SNAP WORK REGISTRATION • 0010.18.02 – MANDATORY VERIFICATIONS - SNAP • 0028.30.06 – SANCTIONS FOR NOT MEETING SNAP WORK RULES How does the State agency work register non-exempt individuals? By signing the application for SNAP, the applicant registers all non-exempt individuals for work. The eligibility worker is to then make a clear notation in the MAXIS case notes for every household SNAP member age 16 and over, and what their work registration status is: exempt from all work rules, exempt from time-limited rules, or the person is a mandatory work registrant. At what point in the certification process does the State agency provide the written explanation of the applicable work requirements? Select all that apply. Point of Intake Point of Certification Reported change in the work registrant status of household members Point of Recertification State does not provide written explanation 1/29/26, 8:18 AM State Plan MN FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mnfy26stateplan//index.html 26/253