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State Plan NM FY26 - Amendment 1 Page of 26 99 SCREENING FOR WORK REGISTRATION State agency eligibility staff must screen for federal exemptions from work registration, per 7 CFR 273.7(a). Describe how the State agency screens applicants to determine if they are work registrants. Eligibility workers use the process below to screen individuals for SNAP work requirements and determine if someone is a work registrant. During the interactive interview with an individual the eligibility worker will have multiple documents and websites open. Some of those documents will be the customer’s application, any supporting documents, income, utility bills, birth certificates, Identification, Social Security card etc. The sites that the eligibility workers will have open are QuikGuide, Work Number, Unemployment Data, Social Security, Child Support Data etc. All mandatory income or benefit screening tools will be utilized like the paris match to determine out of state benefits received or the prison match to determine when an individual was released from jail or prison. The eligibility worker is responsible for completely screening the individual, identifying the household, identifying barriers, confirming information form the application and determining if there’s any source of income earned or unearned being received that is countable towards SNAP. Once all this information has been reviewed, entered in ASPEN and the customer is found to be eligible for SNAP the eligibility worker will review the rights and responsibilities via the QuikGuide site. After the rights and responsibilities are reviewed the SNAP General work requirements will be reviewed with the customer and at that point the eligibility worker will know if the customer is an ABAWD. If the customer is determined to be an ABAWD, then the ABAWD work requirements will be reviewed. The eligibility worker will always review the SNAP General Work Requirements and then screen for ABAWD Work Requirements, then offer the SNAP E&T Volunteer program if the individual meets the criteria below: • Between the ages of 16-64 • Age 16-17 years old must be head of household. • Must be mentally and physically fit • Have not applied for or received TANF • Have not applied for or received Unemployment Compensation Benefits and or • Have not applied for or received General Assistance, Social Security Income (SSI), Retirement, Survivors, Disability, Insurance (RSDI), Disability or other disability benefits. How does the State agency work register non-exempt individuals? All non-exempt individuals are work registered by signing the application for assistance. All SNAP participants are considered registered for work with the head of household’s signature on an application or recertification for SNAP participation.