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WORK REGISTRANT DATA The SNAP general work requirements are described at 7 CFR 273.7(a). Individuals who do not meet a federal exemption from the general work requirements, as listed in 7 CFR 273.7(b)(1), are subject to the general work requirement and must register for work. In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(10), the State agency must submit to FNS the number of work registrants in the State as of October 1st. This information is submitted on the first quarter E&T Program Activity Report (FNS-583). Describe the process the State agency uses to count all work registrants in the State as of the first day of the new fiscal year (October 1). For FY 25, Assistant Administrator calculated the number of work registrants manually using a Bridges generated report. The report allows filtering wages for, disability, limitations, and demographic information. Individuals are filtered based on earnings at least equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours (less than or equal to $870/month). The Bridges system has been corrected to identify WR using the calculations of earning wages at least equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours. FY26 should see a return to the RI eligibility system tracking and generating correct information for numbers of WR to be served and quarterly data for 583 reporting. Provide information about how work registrant data is pulled from the eligibility system, including the date the data is pulled. The data is pulled from the eligibility system annually (10/1) and quarterly for 583 reporting (4th day of month following end of quarter) How are work registrants identified in the eligibility system? The RI Integrated Eligibility System (RI Bridges) is designed to identify work registrants based on information entered on the relevant data collection screens. These screens are based on federal regulations outlining the criteria for work registrants. For example, disability information is pulled from the disability screens and work limitation screens, age is pulled from the demographic screens, etc. Describe measures taken to prevent duplicate counting of work registrants within the federal fiscal year. The report generated quarterly from Bridges has been designed by the State to eliminate duplicate counts. 1/29/26, 9:35 AM State Plan RI FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-rify26stateplan//index.html 35/89