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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual

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• On the bottom of page 7, the worker will document who in the household is subject to the SNAP work requirements. This section also provides space for the worker to indicate if the non-exempt individual has been referred to a SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) work activity, (or to the district’s employment unit or contracted employment vendor), and the supportive services needed by the individual in order to participate in SNAP E&T activities.

• In the table on the top of page 8, the worker will identify any household members who are in sanction status for SNAP at the time of the interview. For household members with a durational sanction at the time of the interview, the eligibility worker must explain the remaining time period of the durational sanction, ask if the sanctioned household member may now qualify for an exemption from the SNAP work requirements, and inform the household of what the sanctioned member must do to comply at the end of the durational sanction period.Section 2: Additional Work Requirements for SNAP Recipients who are Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD):

• For each household member who is subject to the SNAP work requirements, the eligibility worker must determine if the individual qualifies for an exemption from the ABAWD time limits. The eligibility worker must discuss the exemptions from the ABAWD time limit, listed on page 8 of the LDSS-4826B, with the household representative to identify all household members between the age of 18 through 49, who are subject to SNAP work requirements, but who may be exempt from the ABAWD time limit. If documentation is needed to support an exemption from the ABAWD time limit, the worker will record the documentation that was requested. Individuals identified with “yes” to any of the exemptions listed on the bottom of page 8, are not subject to the ABAWD time limit.

• After reviewing the exemptions from the ABAWD time limit, on the top of page 9 the eligibility worker will record the name of any household members who are subject to the ABAWD time limit. If the ABAWD individual is engaged in work or a work activity at the time of the interview, the activity should be identified in the table on page 9, along with the documentation requested to verify engagement in the ABAWD qualifying work activity.

• In all districts that do not have a federally approved ABAWD waiver for the full county, the worker must verbally review the ABAWD requirements during the eligibility interview. The information bulleted in the middle of page 9 of the LDSS-4826B must be reviewed with the household representative during the eligibility interview. In addition to verbally informing the household of the ABAWD requirements, the appropriate written notice, the LDSS-5193 Important Information about SNAP Work Rules (General, Mandatory E&T, and ABAWD) must be provided to the household. The worker should date and initial at the bottom of page 9 to document in the case record that the household was informed of the ABAWD requirements.