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13100 WORK REQUIREMENTS

Each household member who is not exempt from work requirements must be work registered. In all areas of South Dakota, the individual must meet general work registration requirements. The EABS must explain work registration requirements, including voluntary quit or reduction of employment hours, rights and responsibilities, and the consequences for failure to comply whenever a household member must register for work. A DSS-EA-345e work registration form is required to be given for all non-exempt individuals, along with an oral explanation of the DSS-EA- 345e. In addition to the work registration requirements, non-exempt individuals in Minnehaha, Pennington, and Yankton counties are offered more work components because there are Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) Employment and Training (E&T) staff available to work with them. The general work requirements are:

 Have an adult member of the SNAP household sign the DSS-EA-301 SNAP application  Provide sufficient information of job status and availability  Accept a suitable job, if offered  Continue the job, once hired  Not voluntarily reduce job hours

13110 WORK REGISTRATION PROCESS

DSS must register each household member for work who is:  Physically and mentally fit  Age 16 through 59, and  Not exempt

Work registration is accomplished by the benefits specialists coding "08" or “02” (code "02" only if mandatory or an ABAWD participating in the E&T program in Minnehaha, Pennington, or voluntary in Yankton counties) in the SNAP work registration code field, the customer signing the DSS-EA-301 SNAP application, the benefits specialist giving the DSS-EA-345e and providing an oral explanation of the DSS-EA-345e. EABS must narrate who is a work registrant, mandatory participant, or ABAWD and also narrate that the oral explanation of the DSS-EA-345e was completed.

Work registration or exemption from work registration is determined at initial certification and continues through the certification period unless: 1. There was a change in the individual’s situation, and he/she is no longer exempt from work registration - he/she will be registered, and the registration will continue through the remaining certification period, unless the individual becomes exempt again or moves out of the household; or 2. The case is closed and at least one month has passed since the case was active, and the household is making reapplication (new application vs. reinstatement); or 3. The certification period has expired, and the household is completing a renewal; or 4. Non-exempt new member(s) is added to the household.