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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 4 Rev. 4/2025 2) respond to a request from the social services official or his/her designee for supplemental information regarding employment status or availability for work. d) SNAP eligibility requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDS). 1) No individual may participate in the SNAP program if, for at least three months within the most recent 36-month period, he/she participated in such program and did not: i) work for at least 80 hours per month provided, however, that work means: a) work in exchange for money; b) work in exchange for goods and services ("in-kind" work) or unpaid work (volunteer). For purposes of this subdivision there is no hourly wage requirement, but, the work performed may not violate any State or Federal law or regulation; or ii) participate in, for at least 80 hours per month, and comply with the requirements of a work program assigned to such individual by the social services official in accordance with the requirement of this Part, or programs operated under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or section 236 of the Federal Trade Act of 1974. Such programs may contain job search or job search training as a subsidiary component if hourly participation in job search or job search training comprises less than one-half of the total hours of participation in any month; or iii) work and participate in work programs described in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph for a combined total of at least 80 hours per month; or iv) participate in and comply with the requirements of a program established by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 20 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 or a comparable program established by the commissioner in accordance with the requirements of this Part. 2) Countable months. For purposes of determining the months during which an individual received SNAP benefits without meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subdivision, the following calendar months shall not be considered: i) a calendar month during which the individual did not receive SNAP benefits for the full month; ii) a calendar month during which the individual is exempt from the ABAWD requirement in accordance with paragraph (5) of this subdivision for all or any part of the calendar month; and iii) a calendar month during which the individual received SNAP benefits from or resided in an area of the State covered by a waiver of the ABAWD requirement in accordance with section 6(o) of the Food Stamp Act. 3) Good cause. If an individual would have worked 80 hours per month but failed to complete some or all of the hours of work, the individual shall be considered to have