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

Section 385.13- Page 3 Rev. 3/2022 ii) if the information is determined not to be sufficient, the applicant or recipient will receive a notice of denial or intent to reduce or discontinue the public assistance benefits. 7) If the applicant or recipient provides no reasons for his/her voluntary termination of employment or reduction in earning capacity, then the social services official must conclude that such action was taken with the intent to qualify for initial or increased public assistance. 8) An applicant or recipient who has been determined by the social services official to have voluntarily terminated his/her employment or reduced his/her earning capacity for the purpose of qualifying for public assistance or increasing his/her public assistance benefits will be disqualified from receiving assistance as follows: i) as an applicant, for 90 days from the date of voluntary termination or reduced earning capacity; ii) as a recipient, such disqualification will be in accordance with the sanctions prescribed for non-compliance with employment requirements as specified in section 385.12(d) of this Part. b) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 1) Voluntary quit. If an individual who is subject to SNAP work requirements voluntarily quits his/her job as described in this section without good cause, he/she is not eligible to participate in the SNAP program. Disqualification from participation must be in accordance with the provisions of this section for a SNAP applicant and section 385.12(e) of this Part for a SNAP recipient. This provision applies if the employment involved 30 hours or more per week or the weekly earnings were equivalent to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours, and the individual voluntarily quit his/her job within 30 days prior to the date of application for SNAP benefits or any time thereafter. 2) Reduction of work effort. The reduction of work effort provision applies if, before the reduction, the individual was employed 30 hours or more per week and reduced his/her earnings to less than 30 hours multiplied by the Federal minimum wage; the reduction occurred within a period of 30 days prior to the date of application for SNAP benefits or any time thereafter; and the reduction was voluntary and without good cause 3) Minor variations in an individual’s work hours or weekly minimum wage equivalent wages must be taken into consideration when assessing a SNAP recipient’s compliance with work rules. Minor variations that are not expected to be of an ongoing nature shall not be considered a reduction in work effort or result in an individual who is exempt due to the hours of employment or minimum wage becoming a work registrant.