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Subject: SNAP Students in Higher Education

Policy 24.27

Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 05/01/2019 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22

Page 2 of 7 C. Student Eligibility Criteria 1. To be eligible to participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) a student of higher education as stated in Section A must meet at least one of the following criteria: a. Be employed an average of twenty (20) hours per week or an average of eighty (80) hours per month. i. The student must be paid for such employment. ii. If self-employed, the student must have weekly earnings at least equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by twenty (20) hours. iii. Students paid or subsidized by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for class hours are not considered employed during that time. Such class attendance does not meet the average of twenty (20) hours a week or average of eighty (80) hours per month work requirement. b. Be participating in a state or federally financed work study program funded in full or in part by Title IV, Part C, of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (as amended) to qualify under this provision: i. The student must actually be working at a job for which he/she receives earnings or tuition credit. ii. The student must be approved for work-study at the time of application for SNAP, the work-study must be approved for the school term, and the student must anticipate actually working during that time. iii. The exemption shall begin with the month in which the school term begins or the month work-study is approved, whichever is later. Once begun, the exemption shall continue until the end of the month in which the school term ends, or it becomes known that the student has refused an assignment. iv. The exemption shall not continue between terms when there is a break of a full month or longer unless the student is participating in work-study during the break. c. Be in an institution of higher education through a program under WIOA. d. Be enrolled in institutions of higher education as a result of participation in Employment Career Services Programs. e. Be assigned to institutions of higher education by Employment and Training (E&T). f. Be assigned to a program under section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974. g. Be enrolled in an employer sponsored on-the-job program. This only applies during the training period. h. Be receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash grant.