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

Appendix A- Page 15 Rev. 3/2022 LDSS-4925 Employability Code Desk Guide TANF and SNA MOE (Households with Dependent Children) LDSS-4926 Employability Code Desk Guide SNA non-MOE (Household with Dependent Children) The LDSS-4925 provides a summary of the employability codes that apply to TA households with dependent children and the LDSS-4926 provides a summary of the employability codes that apply to TA households without dependent children. LDSS-5062 SNAP Employability/ABAWD Code Desk Guide Districts are required to correctly determine the employability status of each individual applying for or receiving SNAP benefits, including those individuals who are concurrently applying for or receiving temporary assistance. Each individual’s employability status and proper ABAWD coding must also be reviewed at recertification and any time there is a reason to believe that the employability and/or ABAWD status may have changed. The criteria that would render an individual exempt from SNAP work requirements and the criteria with respect to who is subject to ABAWD work requirements is listed in 18 NYCRR 385.3. OTDA strongly recommends that districts use the LDSS-5062A or a similar document as a tool to assist staff with making correct SNAP employability determinations and so as to properly code individual ABAWD status. The LDSS-5062A may be completed by TA/SNAP and NTA/SNAP eligibility workers during the interview with the household to, among other purposes, screen the household for an exemption from the SNAP work requirements and ABAWD requirements, and to identify the most appropriate SNAP employability code and ABAWD status code. Sample Conciliation Summary Template Following is a copy of a model conciliation summary template districts may use as a guide for documenting the outcome of the conciliation process for TA and SNAP purposes. This sample template incorporates necessary steps the district must take to determine whether an individual’s failure to comply with work requirements was both willful and without good cause. In addition, the template includes a section to document the required process to provide SNAP recipients who fail or refuse to comply with a SNAP E&T requirement an opportunity to demonstrate compliance to avoid a SNAP employment sanction. Districts can modify this template to meet the specific needs of the district and incorporate changes to reflect the the district’s local procedures for the conciliation/sanction process. Districts outside of New York City are reminded that workers must update the Noncompliance Tab in WTWCMS to reflect the current status at each step of the noncompliance process. (For New York City, the conciliation/sanction process is automated in NYCWAY).