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

Appendix B- Page 30 Rev. 3/2022

• An ABAWD has previously received SNAP benefits for 3 months in a 36-month fixed period without meeting the ABAWD requirement, but a SNAP individual reason code F94 (ABAWD ineligible) was not entered on WMS because the individual or SNAP household was determined ineligible for SNAP benefits for a different reason before the code F94 individual reason code could be entered. If the individual reestablishes SNAP eligibility under these circumstances the district must enter the reestablish date manually. The ABAWD tracking logic will not generate a reestablish date because the individual’s WRTS record does not contain a SNAP individual reason code F94. For example, an ABAWD’s SNAP case is closed due to failure to recertify at the end of May. The district subsequently determines that the ABAWD has received SNAP benefits for 3 months and during those months they were subject to but did not meet the ABAWD work requirement. The SNAP individual reason code F94 was not entered on WMS because the SNAP case was already closed for failure to recertify. The client reapplies July 1 and re-establishes eligibility by participating in a qualifying activity for at least 80 hours within any consecutive 30-day period. The district will need to manually enter the ABAWD reestablish date of July 1 on the WTRK43 screen (see Fig. 18 and Fig. 19) if the ABAWD re-applies for SNAP benefits and documents that they have met or will meet the ABAWD requirement through one of the methods described above.

• An ABAWD meets the ABAWD requirement through applicant prospective compliance, but the case record for the month is not picked up by the ABAWD selection and/or ABAWD tracking logic. For example, the record may not be picked up by the ABAWD selection and/or ABAWD tracking logic if the individual meets the ABAWD requirement as an applicant by participating in job search during a consecutive 30-day period followed by a work experience assignment or when the SNAP benefits following application and compliance with the ABAWD requirement are issued for a full month, but after the SNAP payment file for the calendar month was created.

• An ABAWD meets the ABAWD requirement through participation in ABAWD qualifying activities for 80 hours within any consecutive 30-day period since losing SNAP eligibility or through recipient prospective compliance when an ABAWD documents that they will meet the ABAWD requirement within a consecutive 30-day period but their 80 hours of participation in ABAWD qualifying activities are not completed in a single calendar month. For example, an individual’s SNAP benefits are discontinued for noncompliance with the ABAWD requirement at the beginning of May 2019. The individual subsequently reapplies and provides proof they will meet the 80-hour requirement within a consecutive 30-day period spanning May and June. The ABAWD tracking logic will not generate a reestablish date because the 80 hours were not completed within a single calendar month. Under these circumstances a manual reestablish date of July 1, 2019 should be entered in the ABAWD REESTAB DT field on the WTRK43 screen because the individual reestablished eligibility by meeting the ABAWD requirement during July.