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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 19 Rev. 4/2025 them from working at least 80 hours monthly are always exempt from ABAWD requirements. Districts must ensure that workers are correctly evaluating each individual’s SNAP employability status and entering the appropriate SNAP employability and ABAWD status codes on WMS (myWorkspace or appropriate New York City system) as this information is used to identify which individuals are subject to the ABAWD requirements on a monthly basis. Districts are also required to ensure that workers are updating an individual’s SNAP employability and ABAWD status codes on a timely basis when changes in either status are reported and documented. This evaluation is typically done through the certification and recertification interview. Informing SNAP Households of the ABAWD Requirements Districts are required to notify all households where at least one household member is subject to SNAP work requirements including the ABAWD work rules of all work requirements applicable to each household member. This notification must be provided verbally and in writing. To comply with this requirement, districts must issue the LDSS-5193 Important Information about SNAP Work Rules (General, Mandatory E&T, and ABAWD) or an approved local equivalent to each household containing a member subject to SNAP work requirements including the ABAWD work rules and provide the household an oral explanation of all applicable work requirements. The written notice and oral explanation of pertinent work requirements including the ABAWD work rules must be provided to the household at application, recertification and when a previously exempt household member or a new household member becomes subject to work requirements. As the LDSS-5193 Important Information about SNAP Work Rules (General, Mandatory E&T, and ABAWD) includes all relevant information that must be provided to the household regarding the ABAWD work rules, it eliminated the need for issuing the LDSS-5072 Informational Letter Regarding Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Requirements. Therefore, the LDSS-5072 is being discontinued with the implementation of the LDSS-5193 Important Information about SNAP Work Rules (General, Mandatory E&T, and ABAWD). Districts must retain copies of all LDSS-5193 provided to the household in the case record. Districts must also document the case record through case notes/comments, in a timely manner, when the comprehensive oral explanation pertaining to SNAP work requirements including ABAWD work rules occurs at certification, recertification, and at any time an exempt household member or new household member becomes subject to work requirements. Please note: During periods of a statewide ABAWD waiver districts should use the LDSS-5193A Important Information about SNAP Work Rules (General and Mandatory E&T), which does not explain the ABAWD requirements as throughout the duration of a statewide waiver ABAWDs residing in all areas of New York are not subject to the ABAWD requirements. Information explaining the ABAWD requirements including which individuals are subject to the ABAWD requirements, the consequences for refusing or failing to comply with the ABAWD requirement without good cause and the actions that may be taken by the ABAWD to maintain or re-establish eligibility for SNAP benefits for more than 3 months in the 36-month period is also provided to all SNAP households as part of the LDSS-4148A What You Should Know