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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 14
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 41 Chapter 14 Work Requirements
14.10 EFFECT OF WV WORKS SANCTION ON SNAP BENEFITS A WV WORKS sanction may result in application of a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) penalty when the WV WORKS sanction results from failure to comply with a requirement related to an activity which is listed in Sections 18.10 - 18.18. Even though the WV WORKS benefit closes due to the sanction, SNAP benefits must not increase. See Section 4.4.4.H.2. This applies even when a SNAP penalty is also imposed. See Section 4.4.4.H.1 for the treatment of income for disqualified individuals. WV WORKS sanctions are applied to all Work-Eligible members of a WV WORKS case, not just to the participant who causes the sanction to be imposed. However, only the participant who causes the WV WORKS sanction to be imposed may be subject to a SNAP penalty. 14.10.1 SNAP PENALTY The appropriate SNAP penalties found in Section 14.5 are applied to a WV WORKS participant when: • The participant is exempt from SNAP work requirements only because he is subject to and complying with a WV WORKS work requirement (i.e., if he did not receive WV WORKS, he would be subject to SNAP work requirements); and • The participant failed to comply with a requirement related to an activity which is listed in Sections 18.10 - 18.18. • Once the SNAP penalty begins, the full SNAP penalty period must be served, even if the WV WORKS benefit is closed. The penalty is only lifted if: • The participant is receiving WV WORKS and becomes exempt from WV WORKS work requirements; or • The participant meets one of the exemptions listed in Section 14.2.1.B, except for receipt of WV WORKS.
NOTE: The non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual who fails to comply with a requirement related to an activity which is listed in Sections 18.10 – 18.18 and who is subject to a WV WORKS sanction is not subject to a SNAP penalty when they are not included in the SNAP assistance group (AG).