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

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Rev. 4/2025 • Whenever updated or new documentation is received to support an individual’s claim of continued exempt status (for medical or nonmedical reasons); • The individual otherwise participates in the employability disability review process; and • Whenever an individual’s status changes from exempt to non-exempt, including drug/alcohol. Relationship Between Exempt/Non-Exempt Status and Work Participation Rates Although State law exempts certain individuals from participation in work activities, there are only four federal exemptions that excludes a case from the All Families work participation rate calculation: • An individual in a true single-parent case who is personally providing care for a child under the age of one for a maximum of twelve months during the 60-months duration of the case. (Note: while a parent in either a single parent or two-parent family may be exempt from participation in work activities because they are the caretaker of a child under twelve months, only true single parent families with the exemption are removed from the TANF All-Families participation rate calculation.); • For up to 3 months in a 12-month period during which time an individual has been sanctioned for failure to comply with employment requirements; • Cases with a parent who is the caretaker of a disabled child or other disabled family member residing in the household; and • Child only cases. Specific information regarding work participation rates is included in Section 385.8 of this manual. Relationship Between TA Work Requirement Exemptions and SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E & T) Requirements A separate determination of exempt/non-exempt status must be made for both TA and SNAP. An individual may be required to participate in TA work activities but be exempt from participation in SNAP work requirements; therefore, a separate determination must be made for each program. Individuals who are not exempt from TA work activities who may be exempt from participation in SNAP work requirements include recipients of unemployment compensation, students enrolled at least half-time in a qualified training or education program and a caretaker of a child under six years of age (unless the caretaker is participating in a TANF work experience program). Specific information regarding SNAP work requirement exemptions and SNAP E&T activities is included in Section 385.3 of this manual.