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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 14
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 3 Chapter 14 Work Requirements
clients. The applicant who takes either of these actions is ineligible for the month of application and two calendar months following the month of application or until he reports a change which makes him exempt from the SNAP work requirement. This three-month period of ineligibility is not counted as one of the applicant’s SNAP penalties. Voluntarily quitting employment after becoming a client results in application of a SNAP penalty for failure to meet the work requirement. Neither an applicant nor a client may be required to return to the same or comparable employment before eligibility is reestablished. Work-requirement eligibility is reestablished at the end of the three-month period of ineligibility for applicants, or at the end of the appropriate penalty period for clients, unless they report their exempt status earlier. • Refusal of Employment Details are in Section 14.5. Applicants who refuse an offer of employment are ineligible to be included in the AG until they accept employment, or until they report a change that makes them exempt from the SNAP work requirement. Refusal of employment by non- exempt clients results in a penalty for failure to meet the work requirement. • Providing Information about Employment Status and Job Availability Details are in Section 14.5. Refusal to provide information about employment and job availability to WorkForce West Virginia and/or the SNAP Employment and Training program (SNAP E&T) results in ineligibility for the non-exempt individual. The applicant who fails to provide such information is ineligible until the information is provided or he reports a change that makes him exempt. A client’s failure to supply this information results in a penalty for failure to provide information about employment and job availability. 14.2.1.B Exemptions from SNAP Work Requirements The following SNAP clients are exempt from the SNAP work requirements and are not subject to a SNAP penalty for failure to comply: • A person under age 16. • A person age 16 or 17 who is not the SNAP payee or primary person. NOTE: The SNAP work requirements are waived for individuals who complete a joint SNAP/Supplemental Security Income (SSI) application at the Social Security Administration (SSA) office until SSI eligibility is determined. See Section 1.4.17.