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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 14 of 19 exempted. (The child must be in the same sequence. The adult can claim this exemption even if the child is not eligible for benefits.) 10.In Alcohol/Drug Treatment 11.Student enrolled at least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education 12.Trade Adjustment Act Program 13.Unemployment Receiving unemployment compensation or applied for unemployment compensation if they were required to register for work with TDLWD as part of the unemployment compensation application process. 14.Volunteer Work Volunteering for at least twenty (20) hours a week or eighty (80) a month at religious or community events or public/private agencies. 15.Working Individual employed working eighty (80) hours per month [twenty (20) hours a week average monthly] and being paid for such employment. 16.Pregnancy Pregnancy in any month temporarily exempts the person from this work requirement. This does not have to be verified for SNAP. Do not complete the AEIIM screen unless the details have been verified. AEIIT can still be coded with a Y without verification. Pregnancy needs to be documented in CLRC. 17.0-Proration This code is only to be used if the proration amount is $0. 18.Initial Proration To be used during an initial proration month when the amount is greater than $0. 19.Appeal Customer is receiving a continuation of benefits due to an appeal and their code was X. ABAWD Eligibility An able-bodied adult with no dependents, who does not meet an ABAWD exemption, may be eligible to receive three (3) months of SNAP benefits in a thirty-six (36) month period. Staff may also refer to SNAP ABAWD Process in the SNAP Work Requirements Procedure Manual for further procedures and examples. The countable months for this group of individuals are: 1. Benefit out of state Out of state countable month(s); considered to be a countable month for Tennessee