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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 30 Rev. 4/2025 • Documentation that an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) currently resides in an area with a federally approved ABAWD waiver. Districts cannot issue ongoing SNAP benefits until the pended documentation has been received and the district has determined that all household members, including the ABAWD, are eligible for SNAP. If documentation that was pended is not received in the required timeframe, the ABAWD is not eligible for ongoing SNAP benefits. The district must still determine SNAP eligibility for any other household members provided all other documentation necessary to determining the remaining household members’ eligibility for ongoing SNAP benefits has been provided. Additionally, if the documentation that was pended is not provided and the individual reapplies, documentation of compliance with or exemption from the ABAWD requirements or residence in a waived area cannot be pended again. The applicant would need to provide the pended documentation, unless the district determines that the pended documentation is no longer required. If an ABAWD who was previously determined ineligible for SNAP benefits because of noncompliance with the ABAWD requirement reapplies for SNAP benefits and does not indicate or otherwise provide documentation that they have met/will meet the ABAWD requirement through one of designated methods or that they have become exempt from the general SNAP work requirements or the ABAWD requirements, the ABAWD is not eligible for SNAP benefits, including expedited SNAP benefits until the ABAWD documents that the ABAWD has met the ABAWD requirement, is exempt from the general SNAP work requirements or the ABAWD requirements, or resides in an area with a federally approved ABAWD waiver. For households greater than one, when a member of a SNAP household is removed from the case for failing to meet the ABAWD requirement, the household must request that the member be added back to the case and the individual must meet all other eligibility requirements. In this instance, the household member should be added to the household effective in the month following the month the change was reported. Additional 3-Month Grace Period An ABAWD who lost eligibility due to failure to meet the ABAWD requirements, who reestablished eligibility through compliance during a 30-day period as described above, and subsequently lost a job or work assignment is eligible to receive SNAP for an additional 3-month period during which the ABAWD does not work or participate in a work program. This additional period of eligibility is referred to as the “grace period.” The 3-month grace period begins the month following the month the individual first notifies the district that they are no longer fulfilling the ABAWD requirement. In cases where the individual has been satisfying the ABAWD requirement by participating in a program administered by the district, the 3-month grace period begins the month following the month the district notifies the individual that that they no longer meeting the ABAWD requirement. An individual is eligible for this 3-month grace period only one time in the fixed 36-month period. The months in the grace period must be used consecutively, unlike the months in the initial 3-month period of time limited participation.