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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). Information on a SNAP recipient’s work registration status is captured by DSS’s automated eligibility system. This information is input into the system and updated from the data collected off of the application and six- month report. A report is created in our system that indicates monthly work registrant numbers. Unduplicated list of nonexempt individuals are pulled on 10/1 and all other "new work registrants" are compared to that list from 10/2 to 9/30 and reported throughout the year. Provide information about how work registrant data is pulled from the eligibility system, including the date the data is pulled. Our Information and Technology division creates a member file each month and sends this information securely to our vendor to compile necessary reporting information. How are work registrants identified in the eligibility system? Each member of a household has a work registration code associated with his or her recipient ID (personal identification number). Describe measures taken to prevent duplicate counting of work registrants within the federal fiscal year. Each SNAP eligible individual has a work registration code associated with his or her recipient ID (personal identification number). To ensure the data is not duplicated, the State’s information technology staff run an established query provided by the data capturing process. 1/29/26, 9:37 AM State Plan SD FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-sdfy26stateplan//index.html 43/84