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

Appendix B- Page 27 Rev. 3/2022

Note: The worker must process a separate override transaction for each calendar month that was reported as a countable month but should not have been tracked because the individual was granted an ABAWD exclusion.

Addition of an ABAWD Reestablish Date

The use of an ABAWD reestablish date will help districts identify when an ABAWD, who was previously determined ineligible for SNAP benefits due to noncompliance with the ABAWD requirement, has reestablished eligibility by meeting the ABAWD requirement through one of the methods described below (for additional information, see 18 NYCRR 385.3):

• Applicant prospective compliance in the 30 calendar days following the date of application;

• Recipient prospective compliance within 30 consecutive days;

• Participation in ABAWD qualifying activities for 80 hours within any consecutive 30- day period since losing SNAP eligibility; or,

• 30 days of job search (minimum of 12 hours, but additional hours may be required based on district policy) which must be followed by a work experience assignment unless the individual finds adequate employment during the job search period.

If an ABAWD who reestablishes eligibility for SNAP using any one of the methods listed above subsequently stops meeting the ABAWD requirement, the ABAWD becomes eligible for an additional consecutive 3-month period of SNAP benefits without meeting the ABAWD requirement. This is referred to as the grace period.

Note: The ABAWD reestablish date is only used to identify when an ABAWD who was previously determined ineligible for SNAP benefits due to noncompliance with the ABAWD requirement has reestablished eligibility by meeting the ABAWD requirement through one of the methods identified above. The reestablish date should NOT be used when an individual reestablishes SNAP eligibility because they have become exempt from the ABAWD requirement, documents that they reside in an area with an approved ABAWD waiver or is granted an ABAWD exclusion by the district.