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493 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 6: Non-financial eligibility Program Last 30 days and 30 hours per week (worked or scheduled to work) Last 120 days and worked or scheduled to work 100 hours per month Good cause No good cause SNAP  n/a Issue benefits No benefits/full month progressive disqualification TANF n/a 120 day penalty has been retired for TANF ERDC  n/a AWS coding AWS coding: any reason for a job loss is considered a ‘good cause’ reason for AWS. REF n/a  Issue benefits No benefits/120-day penalty period SNAP Job quit and reducing work effort is a separate, non-financial eligibility requirement for SNAP. For SNAP, individuals are not to have quit a productive job unless they have a good reason. A productive job is paid work that averages at least 30 hours per week or pays at least 30 hours per week times the federal minimum wage. Applicants must not have quit these jobs within 30 days before applying for SNAP or while receiving SNAP. Reducing hours of work below the productive job standard is also considered job quit. Mandatory individuals, both ABAWD and non-ABAWD, are not eligible for SNAP if they voluntarily quit a productive job without good cause during their certification period or in the 30 days before applying for SNAP. • If an applicant had a disqualifying job quit, they are ineligible from the filing date. The appropriate disqualification penalty, level 1–3, is applied for full months only. If the filing date was not the first of the month, the effective date of the disqualification is the first of the month following the filing date. Although not disqualified in the month of application, the person is not eligible. No 10-day notice is required for applicants. • For ongoing participants, follow the same steps as for any other disqualification. There is no job quit penalty when the individual is fired, laid off or has hours cut at the employer’s discretion. There is also no job quit penalty if there was good cause for a job quit. If the individual does not meet one of the work requirement exemptions, they can be disqualified for quitting a productive job or reducing work hours without good cause. ERDC The caretaker must be a student or have earnings from employment or self-employment at the time of certification and renewal for ERDC, unless their family has been determined eligible for Categorical ERDC. If the applicant is not eligible for Categorical ERDC, attending school, or working at application, they are