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474 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 6: Non-financial eligibility Verifying countable ABAWD months If the individual indicates they received SNAP benefits in another state during any of the months of Oregon’s current 36-month ABAWD fixed calendar, ask them questions regarding their status in that state. Include questions on whether or not they were an ABAWD in that state; were they told about the SNAP time limit; were they required to do work-related activities of 20 hours a week; did they receive any counting months for not doing those activities and, if yes, what months? You must make at least two attempts to contact the other state and verify if the individual received any countable months during any of the months of Oregon’s 36-month ABAWD fixed calendar. Please narrate each of the attempts and the results of the call. It is important to note this activity for ABAWDs is required statewide in both waived counties and time limit counties. • If the ABAWD resides in an area applying the time limits, inform them of the need for verification if they used counting months in that state on the pending notice (DHS 0210). Do this in addition to making the two attempts to verify the information. • If the individual tells you they tried and could not obtain the information and you could not obtain the verification after two attempts, make a reasonable determination based on their answers to the questions about ABAWD in the other state. • If the individual does not respond with the needed information or does not tell you they attempted to obtain the information but could not get it and you were unsuccessful after two attempts, deny the application at the end of the application process for failure to provide the requested information. • If the ABAWD resides in any of the other counties or reservations in Oregon that are not applying the time limits, inform them of the need for verification if they used counting months in that state on the pending notice, or the Request for Information. The notice of information for ABAWDS is a special pending notice that does not end in denial or case closure if the individual fails to provide the requested information. Do this, in addition to your making the two attempts to verify the information. Whether or not the individual tells you they tried and could not obtain the information, and you could not obtain the verification after two attempts, make a reasonable determination based on their answers to the questions about ABAWD in the other state. • Enter any of the out-of-state ABAWD countable months on the ABAWD monthly tracker screen, and create a case note indicating whom you contacted and the month in which the ABAWD earned the countable month. Counting months received in another state count toward the three-year clock in Oregon if received during Oregon’s current time clock. Helpful tips In the rare circumstance when you are unable to verify ABAWD countable months from the other state after you have made two attempts to validate countable months: ABAWD interview questions: • Were you an ABAWD in your previous state? • Did you have to do any work-related activities as part of receiving food benefits?