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How many attempts are made to reach out to the SNAP participant for additional information? One Two Three More than three What is the State agency's criteria for good cause? Montana’s good cause criteria including and not limited to the following, since eligibility staff must consider the facts and circumstance in determining whether or not good cause exits: 1. Illness of the individual or another household member requiring the presence of the individual in the home. 2. A household emergency. 3. The lack of adequate childcare for children who have reached age 6 but are under age 12. 4. Discrimination by an employer based on age, race, sex, color, handicap, national origin, or religious or political beliefs. 5. Work demands or conditions that are not reasonable, such as working without being paid on schedule. 6. Accepting other employment or enrolling at least half-time in any recognized school training program or institution of higher education that requires the individual to leave employment. 7. Acceptance by any other household member of employment or enrollment at least half-time in any recognized school, training program or institution of higher education in another geographic area that requires the household to move and thereby requires the individual to leave employment. 8. Resignations by persons under the age of 60 which are recognized by the employer as retirement. 9. Leaving a job in connection with patterns of employment in which workers often move from one employer to another, such as migrant farm labor or construction work. The job is not suitable as described below: a) The wage offered is less than the highest of the applicable Federal minimum wage is applicable State minimum wage, or eighty percent (80%) of the Federal minimum wage if neither the Federal nor State minimum wage is applicable. b) The employment offered is on a piece rate basis and the employee does not expect to earn the wage specified in item (a) above. c) The household member, as a condition of employment or continuing employment, is required to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any legitimate labor organization. Note: an individual required to pay representation fees to the union but not required to actually join the union does not have good cause. (e.g., state or federal employees) d) The work offered is at a site subject to a strike or lockout at the time of offer, unless the strike is declared unlawful by a court of law. e) The degree of risk to health and safety is not reasonable. f) The member is physically or mentally unfit to perform the employment, as documented by medical evidence or by reliable information from another source. g) The daily, round trip, commute to the place of employment is more than two hours from the individual’s home. Do not include the time required to transport a child to and from day care in the daily commuting time. h) A move, which results in more than 2 hours commuting time from the job, is good cause for voluntary quit. i) The distance to the place of employment is too far to walk, and neither public nor private transportation is available to the job site. j) The working hours or nature of employment interferes with the individual’s religious observances, convictions, or beliefs. 1/29/26, 8:17 AM State Plan MT FY26 - Amendment 1 https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mtfy26stateplan//index.html 36/103