SUBJECT:
COUNTIES WAIVED OR EXEMPTED FROM MEETING THE 18-TO-50-YEAR-OLD WORK REQUIREMENT
DISCUSSION:
Effective April 1, 2006, the counties that are waived or exempted from meeting the 18-to-50 year-old work requirements are changed. The change affects April 2006 food stamp benefits.
Missouri received approval to waive 16 counties and the city of St. Louis from meeting the 18-to-50-year-old work requirement effective April 2006. This approval is for a two year period, ending March 31, 2008. The work requirement is for 18-to-50-year-old able bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDS) to work or participate in an approved training program an average of 20 hours per week.
Waived Counties
The following counties are waived due to an insufficient number of jobs to provide employment for individuals residing in the area.
035 Dunklin |
072 New Madrid |
106 Taney |
043 Hickory |
078 Pemiscot |
107 Texas |
047 Iron |
090 Reynolds |
110 Washington |
053 Laclede |
101 Shannon |
111 Wayne |
058 Linn |
104 Stone |
115 St. Louis City |
067 Mississippi |
105 Sullivan |
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FAMIS considers individuals in these counties as waived from the 18-to-50-year-old work requirements. The worker does not have to enter a waiver code and the Training/Work Requirement (FMMR) screen does not appear in the controlled flow.
Exempt Counties
Federal regulations allow each state to develop policy that exempts up to 15% of the ABAWD population from the work requirement.
We have determined the following counties are exempt from the 18-to-50-year-old work requirements effective April 1, 2006.
001 Adair |
034 Douglas* |
076 Osage |
002 Andrew |
037 Gasconade |
077 Ozark |
003 Atchison |
038 Gentry |
079 Perry |
004 Audrain |
040 Grundy |
080 Pettis |
005 Barry |
041 Harrison |
081 Phelps |
006 Barton |
042 Henry |
082 Pike |
007 Bates* |
044 Holt |
083 Platte |
008 Benton* |
045 Howard |
084 Polk |
009 Bollinger |
046 Howell |
085 Pulaski |
012 Butler |
048 Jackson |
086 Putnam |
013 Caldwell* |
051 Johnson |
087 Ralls |
014 Callaway |
052 Knox |
088 Randolph |
015 Camden |
054 Lafayette |
089 Ray |
016 Cape Girardeau |
055 Lawrence |
091 Ripley* |
017 Carroll |
056 Lewis |
097 Saline |
018 Carter |
057 Lincoln |
098 Schuyler |
019 Cass |
059 Livingston |
099 Scotland |
020 Cedar |
061 Macon |
100 Scott |
021 Chariton* |
062 Madison* |
102 Shelby |
022 Christian |
063 Maries |
093 St. Clair |
023 Clark* |
064 Marion |
094 St. Francois* |
024 Clay |
060 McDonald |
095 Ste. Genevieve |
025 Clinton |
065 Mercer |
103 Stoddard |
027 Cooper |
066 Miller* |
108 Vernon |
028 Crawford* |
068 Moniteau |
109 Warren |
029 Dade |
069 Monroe* |
112 Webster |
030 Dallas |
070 Montgomery |
113 Worth |
031 Daviess |
071 Morgan* |
114 Wright* |
032 DeKalb |
074 Nodaway |
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033 Dent |
075 Oregon |
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*Newly Exempted County
FAMIS considers individuals in these counties as exempt from the 18-to-50-year-old work requirement. The worker does not have to enter an exempt code and the Training/Work Requirement (FMMR) screen does not appear in the controlled flow.
FMMR Entries
The Training/Work Requirement (FMMR) screen is used to track non-work months in FAMIS. Remove April 2006, and later months from the FMMR screen if entered as non-work months for individuals who move from a non-waived or non-exempted county to a waived or exempted county during these months. When making entries on the FMMR screen, do not enter non-work months for any month in which an individual subject to the 18-to-50-year-old work requirement resides in a waived or exempted county or city. Refer to the Adding and Updating Training/Work Requirement user guide for instructions. To view the user guide:
- Go to the Family Support Division Employee Intranet,
- click Food Stamps in the left corner,
- under Quick Links on the right side, click FAMIS User Guides,
- click User Guides, and
- in the Interim Change section, click Adding and Updating Training/Work Requirement.
Individuals or EUs already rejected for April 2006 due to Work Requirement
If an individual moves to a waived or exempted county and has been rejected for April 2006 due to non-work months, review the case to determine if food stamp benefits are due the EU. If additional benefits are due for April 2006 for an active EU, issue the benefits on WIBCA.
If the EU is rejected for April 2006 due to having used 6 non-work months in 36 months, re-register the application using the original application date. If the original application date is more than 30 days prior to the current date, use the earliest possible registration date. The EU is eligible for food stamp benefits no earlier than April 1, 2006. Complete a WIBCA to issue supplemental benefits.
EXAMPLE: On May 7, 2006, the worker in a waived county determines Mr. B. was rejected for 6 non-work months. Mr. B. applied March 20, 2006, and had been residing in a non-waived/exempted county. Mr. B. moved to the waived county on April 1, 2006. The worker registers the application date as April 7, 2006, as the original application date was more than 30 days in the past, and authorizes benefits. Since Mr. B. is eligible for food stamp benefits from April 1, 2006, the next day the worker completes a WIBCA budget using April information and enters April 1, 2006 as the prorate date. The additional benefits are issued from WIBCA.
18-to-50-year-old Work Requirement Flyer
Flyers listing this year's waived or exempt counties (in Adobe Acrobat) and previous years' waived or exempt counties are on the Intranet. To view the History of Counties Waived from the Work Requirement 
or the History of Counties Exempt from the Work Requirement listing:
- Go to the Family Support Division Employee Intranet,
- click Food Stamps in the left corner,
- click Information, and
- click Counties Waived: Work Req (pdf) or Counties Exempt: Work Req (pdf).
Make these flyers available to community groups, local food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, etc. for distribution to individuals that may be affected by the waiver or exemption.
NECESSARY ACTION:
- Review this memorandum with appropriate staff.
- Beginning April 1, 2006, apply waived and exempt status to the above counties.
- Provide the flyers to community groups in the areas, local food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, etc.