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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 9 of 19 2. When a mandatory Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) E&T or work registrant fails to comply with his/her work requirement, the eligibility counselor must contact the household and determine whether good cause exists for failure to comply. 3. Staff shall refer to Determining Good Cause in the procedure manual on whether good cause exists for failure to comply with the work requirements. Disqualification When a mandatory participant who does not have good cause fails to cooperate with the SNAP work requirements, he/she will be disqualified. 1. Staff shall refer to SNAP Disqualifications in the SNAP Work Requirements Procedure Manual on how to disqualify an individual in ACCENT for not cooperating with the work requirements. 2. Before applying the appropriate penalty review the circumstances to determine if good cause exists for failure to comply with the work requirements, using the Determining Good Cause in the SNAP Work Requirements Procedure Manual. 3. Staff shall refer to Registering and Deregistering Clients from E&T in the SNAP Work Requirements Procedure Manual when an individual stops participating with E&T needs to be deregistered. A voluntary participant who does not have good cause will not be disqualified. Ending the Disqualification for a Mandatory Participant 1. An individual shall be disqualified for the appropriate time period listed in SNAP Disqualifications. 2. If an individual has failed to comply at the end of the minimum disqualification period, the disqualification shall continue until the individual cures the disqualification or becomes exempt from work registration requirements. 3. To cure the disqualification, the individual must comply with the work requirement. The minimum period of the disqualification must be served, even if the individual complies before the time period expires. 4. The disqualification will end, regardless of whether the minimum disqualification period has been served, when the individual meets one of the exemptions from work registration and E&T components above. Non-Compliance with Work Requirements in Families First 1. When an individual fails to comply with the Families First (FF) work requirements, the eligibility counselor must evaluate the individual to determine if a ten percent (10%) penalty or sanction should be applied. 2. If the individual is a voluntary participant or meets another exemption to the SNAP Work Requirement, the SNAP allotment will be reduced by a ten percent (10%) penalty. Since a ten percent (10%) penalty was applied, a sanction would not be applied.