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174 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 3: Individual information
Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act (WIOA) (A complete list of approved training providers can be found at https://www.oregon.gov/highered/about/workforce/pages/wioa-title-i.aspx)
A program under Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974
An employment and training program or course of study that would lead to employment under the Food and Nutrition Act. To qualify under this criteria, the employment and training program or course of study: » Needs to have placed the individual in the higher education program or accepted the placement when the individual self-initiated enrollment, and » Must not be a post-baccalaureate program, and » Must be intended to be completed in not more than four years. • The student must be enrolled in school because of employer-sponsored on-the-job training • The student must be receiving unemployment compensation (UC) • The student must be employed:
For a minimum of 20 hours per week (averaged monthly) and be paid for such employment (verify with pay stubs or employer) » For an internship, if hours are awarded by term, take the hours awarded and divide by the number of weeks in a term (typically 11) to determine weekly hours worked.
If self-employed, be working for a minimum of 20 hours per week averaged monthly and receive weekly earnings at least equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours (verify with current income after allowable costs). » The self-employment income is at least $1,247 SEC and $623.50 SEN. Example 1: Maddie (27) is a full-time graduate student. She is not working at all, does not have work study, but provides care for her five-year-old child in addition to attending college full time. Because Maddie cares for her five-year-old, she meets a condition listed above and may be eligible for SNAP. Example 2: Martina (21) is participating in the SNAP E & T program, and with their help, she has enrolled in her local community college full-time. The program is intended to be completed in no more than 4 years and will lead to employment in the field she is studying. Participating in SNAP E & T is one of the conditions listed above that would allow her to be eligible for SNAP as a student. Even if it takes Martina 6 years to complete, she would be eligible to receive SNAP benefits because the program itself is intended to be completed in no more than 4 years. Example 3: Battina (22) attends her local college full-time, when the eligibility worker reviews her request for SNAP, she does not meet any of the conditions listed above that would allow her to be eligible to receive SNAP benefits as a student. She is not eligible to receive SNAP benefits and her application would need to be denied. Eligible students If the student meets the eligible student criteria, they: • Are included in the filing group and must meet all other eligibility criteria