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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 21 Rev. 4/2025 allowed by their (individual) grant amount even if it is less than twenty hours per week. To allow an ABAWD to meet the eligibility requirement, districts should apportion hours of work experience among household members as needed. This does not preclude districts from assigning individuals to additional SNAP E&T activities if appropriate. Requirement to Offer and Provide an ABAWD Qualifying Work Activity or Training Opportunity Districts that do not have an approved ABAWD waiver for all residents of the district are required to offer and provide an ABAWD qualifying work activity or training opportunity to all ABAWDs who are subject to the ABAWD work requirements using the LDSS-5127 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Activity Letter, or a locally developed equivalent approved by OTDA. The LDSS-5127 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Activity Letter must be provided to each ABAWD in the following situations: • At the time of application/certification and recertification; • Anytime during the certification period when an individual’s status changes and the individual becomes subject to the ABAWD time limit. For example, an individual is exempt from the ABAWD time limit solely because of a child under the age of 18 in the SNAP household, and during the certification period the youngest child turns 18; • When an ABAWD previously engaged in work or a work activity and meeting the ABAWD requirement is no longer engaged at least 20 hours week/80 hours monthly. The LDSS-5127 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Activity Letter provides the ABAWD with an appointment with a district staff member or contracted employment vendor to receive the offer of enrollment in a qualifying ABAWD work activity assignment. Districts may provide the ABAWD qualifying work activity or training opportunity through the SNAP E&T program or other local work, educational or training program for which the individual is eligible that will assist them in meeting the ABAWD requirement. A copy of the completed LDSS-5127 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Activity Letter must be retained in the case record, along with an entry in case notes, to document that the agency offered the ABAWD the opportunity to meet with the district for assignment to an ABAWD qualifying work activity. The ABAWD’s compliance with the work activity appointment is not mandatory, as a matter of eligibility, and failure to appear will not result in conciliation or imposition of a SNAP sanction. The appointment for the offer of engagement in an ABAWD qualifying work activity is separate and apart from any other mandatory work activity appointments or assignments given as part of the individual’s TA work assignment or SNAP E&T work assignment. Additional information about the LDSS-5127 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Activity Letter, may be found in 18-ADM-07.