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

4. Recode any month in the prior certification period as exempt or in compliance, as applicable; and 5. Consider bonus month eligibility if the applicant completed the ABAWD work requirements for 30 consecutive days at any time since losing FNS eligibility, even if the applicant is not currently meeting or exempt from the ABAWD work requirements. 6. Explain all general work registration and ABAWD work requirements to the household including the following: a. Explanation of each applicable work requirement; b. Which individuals are subject to which work requirement; c. Exemptions from each applicable work requirement; d. An explanation of the process to request an exemption (including contact information to request an exemption); e. The rights and responsibilities of each applicable work requirement; f. What is required to maintain eligibility under each applicable work requirement; g. Pertinent dates by which an individual must take any actions to remain in compliance with each applicable work requirement; i. 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. h. The consequences for failure to comply with each applicable work requirement; i. 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 j. Any other information the eligibility worker believes would assist the household members with compliance. 7. The case file must be documented that this information was verbally explained and the date when explained; 8. Provide the individual with the DSS-8569 Consolidated Work Notice. The