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250 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility Employment or other income ended Enter the end date of the terminated income into ONE. (See Income QRG) Terminated income will not be considered in budget months after the month the change was reported to ODHS. People on Strike Strikers include the following: • Employees on strike • Employees involved in a concerted work stoppage effort, and • Employees whose work stopped due to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement Individuals are not considered to be participating in a strike when the following occur: • The workplace is closed by the employer to resist the employees’ demands (lock-out). • They are unable to work because of striking employees (e.g., a lumber mill strike may make truckers who deliver lumber unable to work). • They end employment with the company involved in the strike and accept another full-time job. To qualify as a full-time job, the job must be for 30 hours or more per week and pay at least the federal minimum wage times 30 hours. • The striker loses their job because the employer hired a permanent replacement. • They are exempt from the work registration requirements the day prior to the strike due to a reason other than being employed 30 hours a week. Individuals cannot receive increased SNAP benefits because of an income decrease due to participation in a strike. The individual on strike is choosing not to access earned income available to them. Therefore, the pre-strike income is considered available in the eligibility determination. To determine eligibility and benefits for applicants, ODHS|OHA will count each striking member’s full month’s income prior to the strike. ODHS|OHA will also consider all other SNAP eligibility factors. Strikers are required to register for SNAP employment and training programs. Applicants who must participate in a work program should be made aware of jobs that are vacant due to a strike. However, they are not required to accept said jobs. TANF No additional program-specific information. ERDC For ERDC, income is budgeted so the anticipated amount is the same for each month, including the initial month. Income is calculated in ONE as follows: (First month’s income) + (ongoing income x 11 months) = total income for the certification period / 12 months = monthly income. REF No additional program-specific information. MSP No additional program-specific information.