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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND VOLUNTARY QUIT/WORK REDUCTION

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A. WORK REGISTRATION AND SNAP EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

The BPS must evaluate and record each household member's work registration status based on the exemption criteria in Part VIII.A.1. The information must be reviewed and updated as needed at recertification. The BPS must explain to the applicant the work registration requirements and the consequences of a mandatory registrant voluntarily quitting a job or reducing work hours without good cause.

Work registration status information in VaCMS is used to register participants for the SNAP E&T component. SNAP E&T is operated through 37 local social services departments. Participation in SNAP E&T is voluntary, however; the BPS should encourage participation in SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) and review the SNAP E&T script with the applicant, if applicable.

1. Exemption from Work Registration

The following persons are exempt from the work registration requirement:

a. Any household member who is younger than 16 years of age or who is 60 years of age or older.

b. Any household member 16 or 17 years of age who is not the head of the household as defined in Part VI.D.

c. Employment services program participants. This exemption applies to TANF recipients who participate in the Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare (VIEW) or refugee services programs.

d. A parent/caretaker of a child under 6. Accept the client's statement unless the information given is questionable. The registration requirement must be fulfilled at the next scheduled recertification following the child's 6th birthday, unless otherwise exempt.

In two-parent situations, only one parent may receive the exemption for the children. If more than one family unit exists in the SNAP household, only one adult per family unit may receive the exemption.

When persons who are not siblings are present in the SNAP household, the BPS must determine, through client statement, which adults in the home exert parental control over which children for purposes of determining the exemption.

Examples

1) A household consists of a married couple and their 4-year-old son. Mr. X is disabled and receiving SSI. He is exempt based on his disability. Mrs. X is exempt based on a child under 6. 2) A household consists of a married couple and two children, ages 2 and 4. Either parent is exempt based on children under 6. The other parent must be registered for work if no other exemption exists. 3) A household consists of two adult sisters, each of whom has a child under 6. Each sister is exempt TRANSMITTAL #35