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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 14

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 2 Chapter 14 Work Requirements

14.2 GENERAL SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS All Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) clients are subject to a work requirement, unless exempt. Two separate and distinct policies described in this section define these work requirements and the exemptions from these requirements. 14.2.1 SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-WV WORKS CLIENTS The following work requirements apply to all SNAP clients who: • Do not receive and/or are disqualified from WV WORKS; or • Do not receive WV WORKS but do receive SNAP benefits in the same SNAP assistance group (AG) with WV WORKS clients. The work requirements found in this section (Section 14.2.1 only) also apply to Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD). These work requirements are in addition to, rather than a substitution for, the ABAWD work requirements. 14.2.1.A Work Requirements • Registration with WorkForce West Virginia Details are in Section 14.3 Failure of an individual to register within the time limits found in Section 14.3 and each 12 months thereafter, results in application of a penalty for not meeting the work requirement. • Voluntary Quit, including Voluntary Reduction in hours Details are in Section 14.4. A voluntary quit or reduced hours of employment without good cause results in a period of ineligibility for non-exempt applicants and non-exempt NOTE: Applications which qualify for Expedited Service may require special considerations in meeting work requirements. See Section 1.4. NOTE: When an applicant is ineligible until he meets one of the following requirements, this period of ineligibility does not count as a penalty period.