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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 8 Rev. 4/2025 As described in GIS-19 TA/DC014, districts must consider all SNAP recipients who are regularly participating in a drug or alcohol treatment program as exempt from SNAP work requirements. Federal regulations at 7 CFR 273.7(b)(vi) state a regular participant in a drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program is exempt from the general SNAP work provisions. The federal regulations do not require an additional assessment as to whether or not the individual who is a regular participant in drug or alcohol treatment is fit for work. There is no minimum weekly amount of time that a person must be attending treatment. Individuals who attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA), but do not attend a drug or alcohol treatment program, do not fall under this exemption. As described in GIS 16 A/DC026, districts must also consider all SNAP recipients who have documented that they are enrolled in high school, as exempt from SNAP work requirements, regardless of their age. All household members who do not fit the exemption criteria listed in 18 NYCRR 385.3 (a) (1) are considered non-exempt from the SNAP work requirements and must be work registered by the district (thereby becoming work registrants) at the time of application. Unless exempt from SNAP work requirements, an applicant or recipient of SNAP benefits is required to: • provide information regarding the individual’s employment status and availability for work; • participate in work activities as assigned by the district; • accept a job or a referral to a potential job opening; and • not voluntarily quit a job or reduce their hours of paid work without good cause (See section 385.13 of the TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual for more information.) The SNAP work requirements listed above are commonly referred to as general SNAP work rules. A work registrant may be required to participate in an assessment for purposes of determining an appropriate work activity/employment assignment and necessary supportive services. Informing SNAP Applicants and Recipients About Their Work Requirements Districts must provide a written notice and oral explanation to all households where at least one member is subject to a work requirement describing the pertinent work requirements. For the purposes of this notification requirement SNAP work rules are divided into the following three categories: 1. General SNAP Work Rules — Individuals must accept job offers unless they have a good cause reason not to do so; clients with a job that pays more than the equivalent of 30 hours times the federal minimum wage (currently $217.50 per week) should not reduce their work hours below that threshold or voluntarily quit their job without a good cause reason (More information about the voluntary quit and voluntary reduction of work effort provisions for SNAP is found in Section 385.13 of this manual.); clients should