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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 11 of 19 5. Enrollment at least half-time in any recognized school, training program or institution of higher education that requires the household member to leave employment or reduce work hours; 6. Another household member has accepted employment or enrolled at least half- time in a recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education in another county, which requires the household to relocate; 7. Resignation by a person under age sixty (60) which is recognized by the employer as retirement; 8. The individual accepted a bona fide offer of employment of more than thirty (30) hours a week or in which the weekly earnings are equivalent to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty (30) hours. However, because of circumstances beyond the individual’s control, the new job does not materialize or results in employment of less than thirty (30) hours per week or weekly earnings of less than thirty (30) times the Federal minimum wage; or 9. The individual left a job in connection with patterns of employment in which workers frequently move from one employer to another, such as migrant farm labor or construction work. The household may apply for SNAP between jobs, particularly when work is not available at the new job site. In such instances, the individual will be considered to have quit for good cause if this is a normal pattern of that type of employment. Staff shall refer to Applying a Voluntary Quit/Reduction of Work Hours Disqualification in the SNAP Work Requirements Procedure Manual when disqualifying an applicant or participating household from SNAP. Verification for Voluntary Quit/Reduction of Hours and Good Cause Determination The household has the primary responsibility for providing verification of questionable information related to the voluntary quit/reduction of good cause determination. Staff may refer to Sources to Aid in Verifying Voluntary Quit in the SNAP Work Requirements Procedure Manual for ways to verify voluntary quit, reduction of hours, and good cause determination. Ending the Voluntary Quit Disqualification 1. The disqualification of an individual shall be applied for the appropriate time period (Staff shall refer to Applying a Voluntary Quit/Reduction of Work Hours of Disqualification). To become exempt from the disqualification, the individual must meet one (1) of the following federal work requirement exemptions: a. subject to and complies with a work registration requirement under Families First (FF) or Unemployment Compensation; b. parent or other member of a household with responsibility for a dependent child under age six (6) or for an incapacitated person; c. student enrolled at least half-time in any recognized school, training program or institution of higher education; d. regular participant in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program;