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27 Section 260 Change #02-2025 December 1, 2025 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FNS 260 ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS (ABAWD)

2. Which individuals are subject to which work requirement; 3. Exemptions from each applicable work requirement; 4. An explanation of the process to request an exemption (including contact information to request an exemption); 5. The rights and responsibilities of each applicable work requirement; 6. What is required to maintain eligibility under each applicable work requirement; 7. Pertinent dates by which an individual must take any actions to remain in compliance with each applicable work requirement; a. Individuals subject to the ABAWD work requirements are required to report changes by the 10th of the month following the month of change when the number of hours working fall below 20 hours per week regardless of simplified reporting requirements. 8. The consequences for failure to comply with each applicable work requirement; 9. An explanation of the process for requesting good cause (including examples of good cause circumstances and contact information to initiate a good cause request); and 10. Any other information the eligibility worker believes would assist the household members with compliance. 11. The case file must be documented that this information was verbally explained and the date when explained; 12. Provide the individual with the DSS-8569 Consolidated Work Notice. The case file must be documented with the date the notice was verbally explained, how the notice was given, if by hand delivery or mailed. B. Reapplication 1. At reapplication the worker must explore each previously countable ABAWD month to determine if the ABAWD met an exemption in one of the previous months; 2. Ask whether the applicant has completed the ABAWD work requirements within 30 consecutive days or more at any time since losing FNS eligibility, even if the applicant is not currently meeting the ABAWD work requirements; 3. Recode any previous months as exempt, but an individual cannot be