IM-71 August 31, 2023; IM-53 August 9, 2018; IM-25 March 23, 2017; IM-51 August 31, 2016; IM-100 November 19, 2015; IM-94 October 19, 2015; IM-32 June 16, 2014; IM-08 January 14, 2008; IM-106 December 7, 2006; IM-133 December 21, 2004; IM-194 October 24, 2001; IM-32 April 1, 1999
Evaluate whether an ABAWD is meeting a work requirement at each:
- Application
- Recertification
- Mid-certification review
- Change in household composition or change in earned income
Evaluating Months for ABAWD Training/Work Requirement:
The applicant/participant is not an ABAWD if the answer is “Yes” to any of the following questions:
Household Eligibility-Related Exemptions:
- Did the applicant/participant receive pro-rated benefits for the month?
- Is the applicant/participant living with a household member under the age of 18?
Health-Related Exemptions:
- Is the applicant/participant pregnant?
- Is the applicant/participant enrolled and taking part in a substance abuse treatment or rehabilitation program?
- Is the applicant/participant physically or mentally unable to work?
Example: A victim of domestic violence, or an applicant expected to fully recover from a recent surgery.
- Is the applicant/participant required to care for an ill or incapacitated person?
- Is the applicant/participant disabled on a temporary or permanent basis per SNAP definition described in 1105.035.15 Exemptions to Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents Training/Work Requirement and Verification?
Work/Training-Related Exemptions:
- Is the applicant/participant working 80 hours per calendar month (averaged weekly)?
- Is the applicant/participant participating in a qualified training program for 80 hours per calendar month (averaged weekly)? (see 1105.035.20 ABAWD Training/Work Requirements)
- Is the applicant/participant participating in a qualified training program and working for a combined 80 hours per calendar month (20 averaged weekly)?
Education-Related Exemptions:
- Is the applicant/participant 18 and attending school full time?
- Is the applicant/participant attending educational classes to obtain a high school diploma or equivalent for at least 20 hours per week?
- Is the applicant/participant a student enrolled at least half time in any recognized secondary, vocational, or technical school, training program, or institution of higher education?
Other Exemptions:
- Is the applicant/participant required to participate in TA work requirement activities?
- Is the applicant/participant receiving unemployment compensation/insurance? Have they applied for benefits (even if they are not yet receiving UC benefits)?
- Has the applicant served in the armed forces, including reserves regardless of discharge status?
- Is the applicant/participant 24 years old or younger and aged out of foster care?
- Is the applicant/participant homeless per the following definition?
- A Homeless applicant/participant who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is:
- A supervised shelter designed to provide temporary accommodations (such as a welfare hotel or congregate shelter).
- A halfway house or similar institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized.
- A temporary accommodation for not more than 90 days in the residence of another individual; or
- A place not designed for, or ordinarily used, as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (a hallway, a bus station, a lobby or similar places).
- A Homeless applicant/participant who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is: