Ineligibility Due to Failure to Meet ABAWD Requirements

If a client exhausts the three out of 36-months eligibility limit, terminate the person's Basic Food benefits as soon as we become aware of this information. We must also deny this person Basic Food at application or recertification if they don't have a personal exception, unless they have requalified under Requalifying after the three-month limit .

If a client is terminated for non-participation, the person is an ineligible household member until they requalify. We include this person's income in the Basic Food Assistance Unit as described under WAC 388-450-0140 ‘ How does the income of an ineligible assistance unit member affect my eligibility and benefits for food assistance?’ and in the Allocation & Deeming chapter.