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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual

Section 385.13- Page 10 Rev. 3/2022 • For TA Households without Dependent Children in districts outside of New York City:  1st instance: a durational period of 90 days and until willing to comply  2nd instance: a durational period of 150 days and until willing to comply  3rd and subsequent instance/s: a durational period of 180 days and until willing to comply At the end of a voluntary quit sanction (or immediately, in the case of a first sanction for an individual in a household with dependent children ), the individual can demonstrate compliance by securing employment or participating in work activities as assigned by the social services district. Voluntary quit sanctions for TA recipients in New York City are non-durational and will continue until the individual demonstrates compliance with work requirements or documents that they are exempt from TA work requirements consistent with 18 NYCRR 385.2. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) The term “voluntary quit” applies to an applicant or recipient who leaves employment of 30 hours or more per week, or who reduces his or her work effort voluntarily and without good cause to less than 30 hours per week. (If an individual reduces their work effort to less than 30 hours a week, but continues to earn weekly wages that exceed the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours, the individual remains exempt from SNAP work requirements and the reduction of work effort provision does not apply.) Unlike the definition for voluntary quit under TA, this definition does not include the assumption that the individual quit with the intent to qualify for public assistance or SNAP. Additionally, individuals who provoke their own discharge are not subject to SNAP voluntary quit sanctions. The voluntary quit provision applies if:  the employment involved 30 hours or more per week or provided weekly earnings at least equivalent to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours;  the quit occurred within 30 days prior to the date of application or anytime thereafter; and  the quit was without good cause for an applicant and was both willful and without good cause for a recipient. Changes in employment status that result from terminating self-employment enterprises or resigning from a job at the demand of the employer will not be considered a voluntary quit. The reduction of work effort provision applies if:  before the reduction, the individual was employed 30 hours or more per week;