1105.035.30 Evaluating Months for ABAWD Training/Work Requirement – DSS Manuals

IM-71 August 31, 2023 ; IM-53 August 9, 2018 ; IM-25 March 23, 2017 ; IM-51 August 31, 2016 ; IM-100 November 19, 2015 ; IM-94 October 19, 2015 ; IM-32 June 16, 2014 ; IM-08 January 14, 2008 ; IM-106 December 7, 2006 ; IM-133 December 21, 2004 ; IM-194 October 24, 2001 ; IM-32 April 1, 1999

Evaluate whether an ABAWD is meeting a work requirement at each:

Application

Recertification

Mid-certification review

Change in household composition or change in earned income

Evaluating Months for ABAWD Training/Work Requirement:

The applicant/participant is not an ABAWD if the answer is “Yes” to any of the following questions:

Household Eligibility-Related Exemptions:

Did the applicant/participant receive pro-rated benefits for the month?

Is the applicant/participant living with a household member under the age of 18?

Health-Related Exemptions:

Is the applicant/participant pregnant?

Is the applicant/participant enrolled and taking part in a substance abuse treatment or rehabilitation program?

Is the applicant/participant physically or mentally unable to work?

Example: A victim of domestic violence, or an applicant expected to fully recover from a recent surgery.

Is the applicant/participant required to care for an ill or incapacitated person?

Is the applicant/participant disabled on a temporary or permanent basis per SNAP definition described in 1105.035.15 Exemptions to Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents Training/Work Requirement and Verification ?

Work/Training-Related Exemptions:

Is the applicant/participant working 80 hours per calendar month (averaged weekly)?

Is the applicant/participant participating in a qualified training program for 80 hours per calendar month (averaged weekly)? (see 1105.035.20 ABAWD Training/Work Requirements )

Is the applicant/participant participating in a qualified training program and working for a combined 80 hours per calendar month (20 averaged weekly)?

Education-Related Exemptions:

Is the applicant/participant 18 and attending school full time?

Is the applicant/participant attending educational classes to obtain a high school diploma or equivalent for at least 20 hours per week?

Is the applicant/participant a student enrolled at least half time in any recognized secondary, vocational, or technical school, training program, or institution of higher education?

Other Exemptions:

Is the applicant/participant required to participate in TA work requirement activities?

Is the applicant/participant receiving unemployment compensation/insurance? Have they applied for benefits (even if they are not yet receiving UC benefits)?

Has the applicant served in the armed forces, including reserves regardless of discharge status?

Is the applicant/participant 24 years old or younger and aged out of foster care?

Is the applicant/participant homeless per the following definition? A Homeless applicant/participant who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is: A supervised shelter designed to provide temporary accommodations (such as a welfare hotel or congregate shelter). A halfway house or similar institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized. A temporary accommodation for not more than 90 days in the residence of another individual; or A place not designed for, or ordinarily used, as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (a hallway, a bus station, a lobby or similar places).