Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program & WIA Workforce Investment Act
Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents
Key Resources & Guidelines Listed With Star Beside Them:
* The Statutory ABAWD Work Requirement
* Fostering Self-sufficiency
* Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA Deeming Of Work-activies & Calculation
* State Work Verification Plan & Guidelines
* State Child Support Guidelines
* HUD Economic Self-sufficiency Program Definition
* WIA provides, in general, job training and related services to unemployed and underemployed individuals.
Engaged In Work PWORA, The DRA, The IRS Income Tax:
Neither PRWORA nor the DRA provided for counting partial participation of a case in meeting the work participation rates; either the adult meets the requirements for being “engaged in work” and the family counts in the rate or the adult does not meet the hours requirement and the State does not get credit for that family in the participation rate.
Federal law generally limits the amount of time an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) can receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to 3 months in a 36-month period, unless the individual meets certain work requirements.
Temporary Waive Of ABAWD SNAP Benefits:
* Areas With Unemployment Rates Of Over 10℅ Or A Lack Of Sufficient Jobs
* On the request of a State SNAP agency, the law also gives the Department of Agriculture (the Department) the authority to temporarily waive the time limit in areas that have an unemployment rate of over 10 percent or a lack of sufficient jobs.
The law also provides State agencies with a limited number of percentage exemptions that can be used by States to extend SNAP eligibility for ABAWDs subject to the time limit.
The Department proposes to amend the regulatory standards by which the Department evaluates State SNAP agency requests to waive the time limit and to end the unlimited carryover of ABAWD percentage exemptions.
The proposed rule would encourage broader application of the statutory ABAWD work requirement, consistent with the Administration's focus on Fostering Self-sufficiency.
The Department seeks comments from the public on the proposed regulations.
Document Citation:
84 FR 980Page:980-993
CFR:7 CFR 273
All written comments submitted in response to this proposed rule will be included in the record and will be made available to the public. Please be advised that the substance of the comments and the identity of the individuals or entities submitting the comments will be subject to public disclosure. FNS will make the written comments publicly available on the internet via
* regulations.gov
Certification Policy Branch, Program Development Division, FNS, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
SNAP Certification Policy Branch Rules:
SNAP CPB Rules:
SNAPCPBRules@fns.usda.gov
