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WORK REGISTRANT DATA The SNAP general work requirements are described at 7 CFR 273.7(a). Individuals who do not meet a federal exemption from the general work requirements, as listed in 7 CFR 273.7(b)(1), are subject to the general work requirement and must register for work. In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(10), the State agency must submit to FNS the number of work registrants in the State as of October 1st. This information is submitted on the first quarter E&T Program Activity Report (FNS-583). Describe the process the State agency uses to count all work registrants in the State as of the first day of the new fiscal year (October 1). Line 1 of the FNS-583 report is processed by calculating the individuals who are currently on SNAP on October 1 of the Federal Fiscal year and approved for ongoing SNAP benefits for participants that are already deemed non-extempt from SNAP work registration date on October 1 of the Federal Fiscal year. Provide information about how work registrant data is pulled from the eligibility system, including the date the data is pulled. ND has a PowerBI dashboard with live data. One area of this dashboard will pull data from SPACES and populate a report that lists out each exemption used. How are work registrants identified in the eligibility system? SPACES is designed so that participants who are subject to work requirements are identified by populating the Work Registration screen based on participants' age. The screen will not display for those participants who are under 16 years old or over 60 years old. For those who are identified as work registrants, the EW will need to complete the Work Requirement screen to apply the appropriate exemption, where possible. Describe measures taken to prevent duplicate counting of work registrants within the federal fiscal year. To ensure an unduplicated number of work registrants, SPACES counts individuals by their client ID who are work registered as of October 1, 2023. It counts newly registered individuals for the rest of October 2023 and in each of the following months throughout FFY24. If an individual is counted in any day/month after October 1st, and was also counted on October 1st, that individual is eliminated from that month’s count of new work registrants when reported on the FNS-583 report. 1/29/26, 8:17 AM State Plan ND FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-northdakotafy26stateplan//index.html 40/71