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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 13 of 19 b. age fifty (50) or above (The month the person turns fifty (50) is not a countable month.). 2. Determined Disabled by Social Security or one hundred (100%) percent disabled by the VA 3. Working with TDLWD a. Individuals participating in a component through the TDLWD for eighty (80) hours per month. b. They must be working with TDLWD in order to receive this exemption. c. A referral is not cause for an exemption but would still be coded a code C until participating in an approved activity. 4. Greater than Ten (10%) Percent Unemployment County specific; only used with an approved waiver for counties that have greater than ten (10%) percent unemployment (not currently used). 5. Fifteen (15%) Percent Exemption Only allowed to be used for reasons approved by SNAP Policy and on an individualized basis 6. In-kind Work Working twenty (20) hours a week or eighty (80) hours a month in exchange for goods or services not income. a. Job Training and Partnership Act (JTPA/WIOA) Participation in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act b. Responsible for the care of an ill or incapacitated person c. Labor Surplus County specific; only used with an approved waiver for counties that have a labor surplus; use an individual specific code if possible before this code. 7. Unfit for employment or work programs a. Unfit based upon the eligibility worker‘s observations (can be physically or mentally unfit). b. A doctor‘s statement is not required if a condition is observable. c. The condition does not have to be for a specific length of time. d. A customer can be medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment by providing a statement from a qualified professional, or if the customer is receiving VA disability that is anything other than one hundred (100%) percent. 8. Non-Issuance Individual did not receive any SNAP benefits for this month. 9. Dependent children under eighteen (18) in the SNAP household All adults in the SNAP household are exempt from the ABAWD requirement if there is a child under 18 in SNAP household. The child does not have to be related to the adult being