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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 14

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 43 Chapter 14 Work Requirements

Example 4: Ms. Carnation received SNAP for several years before starting to receive WV WORKS. One SNAP penalty was imposed and ended before the WV WORKS benefit started. After becoming a WV WORKS participant, Ms. Carnation is sanctioned for failure to have her 18-month-old child immunized without good cause. Since this is not a work-related activity, no SNAP penalty is applied, but she still has one WV WORKS sanction and one SNAP penalty. A year later, a second WV WORKS sanction is imposed due to failure without good cause to maintain her part-time job of ten hours per week. No SNAP penalty is imposed because she has a child under age six and is exempt from SNAP work requirements for that reason. Example 5: Ms. Geranium and her three children begin receiving WV WORKS after receiving SNAP for several years; at that time, they have already had two SNAP penalties applied. The children in the home are ages 13, 15 and 17. Ms. Geranium accepts part-time employment, but continues to receive a monthly WV WORKS benefit. Three months later, she quits her job and the Case Manager determines she did not have good cause. The first WV WORKS sanction is applied, and this results in application of the third SNAP penalty because Ms. Geranium would not be exempt from SNAP work requirements if she received SNAP only. Example 6: Mr. Tulip, a father who is a fleeing felon, is a non-recipient Work- Eligible Individual for WV WORKS. He receives a WV WORKS sanction for failure to participate in his CWEP assignment without good cause. Even though this is a WV WORKS work requirement, a SNAP penalty is not imposed because Mr. Tulip is not included in the SNAP AG. Mrs. Tulip returns to the household and is assigned the same number of WV WORKS sanctions as Mr. Tulip. Since Mrs. Tulip did not cause the WV WORKS sanction, no SNAP penalty is applied to the Mrs. Tulip.