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Subject: SNAP Work Requirements

Policy 24.11 Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 03/01/2023 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 10 of 19 3. If the individual is a mandatory SNAP E&T participant and they do not meet any other exemption in the SNAP E&T Program, the participant will be sanctioned and removed from the SNAP budget. Since a sanction was applied, a ten percent (10%) penalty would not be applied. 4. The FF household which does not comply with the FF work requirement will not have both a SNAP sanction and a SNAP ten percent (10%) penalty. Voluntary Quit No individual who voluntarily quits his/her most recent job of at least thirty (30) hours per week or voluntarily reduces his/her work hours to less than thirty (30) hours per week will be eligible to participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), unless there is a good cause reason. When the household files an application, or when a participating household reports a job loss or reduction in the number of hours, the eligibility counselor must determine whether this is a voluntary quit or voluntary reduction in hours. Voluntary quit will be applied when; 1. The employment was for thirty (30) hours or more per week or provided weekly earnings at least equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty (30) hours. 2. The voluntary reduction of hours caused employment to be less than thirty (30) hours per week by the individual. 3. For applicant households, the quit or reduction of hours occurred within sixty (60) days prior to the date of application or anytime thereafter prior to the disposition of the case. 4. For participating households, the quit or reduction occurred while the individual was participating in the program. 5. Federal, State, or Local Government employees who participates in a strike against such governments and is dismissed from their job because of participation in the strike, shall be considered to have voluntarily quit their job without good cause. Good Cause for Quitting a Job or Reducing Hours of Employment Good cause for quitting a job or reducing the hours of employment includes, but is not limited to the following: 1. The job is determined to be unsuitable; 2. Circumstances beyond the individual’s control, such as illness, illness of another household member which requires the individual’s presence, a household emergency, or unavailability of transportation; 3. Discrimination by an employer based on age, sex, race, color, handicap, religious beliefs, national origin, or political beliefs; 4. Work demands or conditions that render continued employment unreasonable, such as working without being paid on schedule;