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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 15 of 19 2. Countable month A countable month; not otherwise exempt; not meeting the work requirement 3. Re-entry month Customer meets re-entry criteria to receive up to three (3) additional consecutive months of ABAWD benefits. Use only when three (3) countable months have been used and no other exemption is applicable. Maintaining Eligibility An individual, who has received his/her initial three-month period of participation within the current thirty-six (36) month fixed period, can become exempt from the ABAWD requirement, or he/she can maintain eligibility by: 1. Working eighty (80) hours per month or more If an individual would have worked an average of twenty (20) hours per week but missed some work for good cause, the individual shall be considered to have met the work requirement if the absence from work is temporary and the individual retains his or her job (new employment projected hours may be used from date of application); or 2. completing volunteer work or work for benefits in lieu of wages or a combination of the types of work for at least twenty (20) hours per week; or 3. participating in and complying with a JTPA Program, Trade Adjustment Act Program, or E&T (other than Job Search or Job Search training program) for eighty (80) hours per month or more; or 4. participating in and complying with a state-approved work experience program for 80 hours or more per month; or 5. participating in a Workfare Program through TDLWD (hours are based on allotment). Regaining Eligibility 1. When an individual becomes exempt from the ABAWD twenty (20) hour work requirement (either by a county exemption or personal exemption) or complies with a requirement for thirty (30) days an individual can regain eligibility. The person will remain eligible as long as an exemption exists, or requirement is met. 2. An individual that became ABAWD ineligible, that is not otherwise exempt, shall regain eligibility to participate in SNAP if, during any thirty (30) consecutive days, he or she: a. worked eighty (80) or more hours; or b. participated in and complied with the requirements of a work program for eighty (80) or more hours; or c. any combination of work and participation in a work program for a total of eighty (80) hours; or d. participated in and complied with a workfare program.