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96 Household members who are applying for SSI and for SNAP simultaneously under Section 4.6 Applicant Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Households will have SNAP work requirements waived until they are determined eligible for SSI and become exempt from SNAP work requirements, or until they are determined ineligible for SSI, at which time their exemptions from SNAP work requirements will be reevaluated. NOTE: ABAWDs are subject to both the work registration and the ABAWD work requirement/time limit. 8 . 2 E X E M P T I O N S F R O M W O R K R E Q U I R E M E N T S The Economic Services worker will determine which household members are exempt from the work registration requirement at the time of: 1. Initial certification 2. Recertification (annual, six-month and tri-annual) 3. When adding a new individual (including a previously sanctioned individual) to the SNAP household Persons who fall into the following categories are exempt from SNAP work requirements and should be coded on CHIP EMPR screen as indicated below: (A) Age limits: • A person younger than 18 years of age and not head of household (CE); or • A person 60 years of age or older (AS); or • A person age 16 or 17 who is head of a household and o is attending school on at least half-time basis (SH); or o is enrolled in an employment training program on at least half-time basis (SH) NOTE: If the person turns 16 (and is the head of household) or 18 (is not head of household) during a certification period, the Agency must register the person as part of the next scheduled recertification process, unless the person qualifies for another exemption. (B) Caretakers: A parent or other household member responsible for the care of a dependent child under 6 (PC)* or an incapacitated person (RH)*. *In a household with more than one caretaker, in which there is one child under the age of 6 or one incapacitated person in the household, only one caretaker may qualify for this exemption, depending on which caretaker has primary responsibility for the care. However, in a household with more than one caretaker, in which there is more