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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 28 Rev. 4/2025 (80 hours), eligibility is reestablished. The ABAWD must continue to work the required number of hours each month to maintain eligibility;  80 Hours of Participation - Eligibility may be reestablished by participating in a qualifying activity for at least 80 hours within any consecutive 30-day period, not necessarily a calendar month. The consecutive 30-day period does not have to immediately precede the date of application. For example, an individual who lost eligibility some time ago but has now been working 80 hours per month for the past six months was recently laid off and now applies for SNAP. Eligibility may be reestablished if the individual provides verification that they have worked 80 hours in a consecutive 30- day period. The individual would then have to get a job or be placed in a work program or work experience in order to maintain eligibility;  30-Day Job Search/Work Experience - Districts have the option to allow ABAWDs the opportunity to reestablish eligibility after having exhausted the three-month time limit by participating in a 30-day period of supervised job search followed by a work experience placement if the individual does not find a job by the end of the 30-day period. An applicant ABAWD who, except for having exhausted the time limit, is eligible for SNAP, may be assigned to 30 days of supervised job search followed by work experience. The ABAWD is required to perform supervised job search for a minimum of 12 hours in the 30-day period to reestablish eligibility. Districts have the discretion to require more than 12 hours of supervised job search during the 30-day period. If the ABAWD satisfies the job search requirement, thereby reestablishing eligibility, but does not find an adequate job, they must be placed in a work experience assignment in the next month. No other SNAP E&T activity may substitute for work experience if this method is used to reestablish eligibility for an ABAWD;  Recipient Prospective Compliance - A recipient who has not met the ABAWD requirements for three countable months, but who is able to provide proof before the effective date of an adverse action notice that they will meet the ABAWD requirement in the next benefit month (i.e., has obtained employment which will provide at least 80 hours per month, enrolled in a district approved work program which will provide 80 hours or more of participation per month, or enrolled in work experience, without regard to the number of hours as long as the individual is participating the maximum number of hours based on their benefit), should continue to receive SNAP until it is determined that the employment, work activity, or work experience will not meet the ABAWD requirement. In instances in which the district has already issued an adverse action notice, the notice must be rescinded based on verification of the prospective compliance for the next benefit month. Whenever a district authorizes continued receipt of SNAP based on prospective compliance, the district must document the reason for continued authorization of benefits clearly in the case record or face a potential quality control error. Even if eligibility is