Georgia Food Stamp Policy Manual

GEORGIA DIVISION OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES
FOOD STAMP (SNAP) POLICY MANUAL

Chapter: 3300
Effective November 2019
Policy Abled-Bodied Adults without Date:
Title: Dependents (ABAWD)
Policy Previous
3355 MT-53
Number: Policy #:
ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS (ABAWD)
REQUIREMENTS
An ABAWD who is subject to the ABAWD Time Limit Rule cannot receive benefits
for more than 3 months in a 36-month period UNLESS s/he is meeting the ABAWD
Work Requirement. The first fixed 36-month period began December 1996 and ended
November 1999. A new period starts every 36 months thereafter.
BASIC CONSIDERATIONS
An Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) is defined as an individual who
meets all the following criteria:
• a work registrant,
• age 18 through 49 (until the month in which the 50the birthday falls),
NOTE: An 18-year-old becomes subject to ABAWD work requirements starting the

month following the month the individual turns 18.
• not pregnant,
• not physically or mentally unfit for employment,
NOTE: If obviously unfit and medical verification is not available to support the unfitness
determination, register the A/R as temporarily unfit for employment based on the
worker’s observation of the A/R’s mental or physical unfitness.
Documentation of the observed unfitness is sufficient to determine the A/R is exempt
from work registration. Document the observed behaviors or physical conditions that
deem the individual as unfit for employment at the time of the interview. Refer to
Section 3350.
• not included in the AU with a child under age 18. The child can be an eligible,
ineligible, disqualified, or sanctioned AU member. The child may be related or
unrelated to the adult(s).
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BASIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ABAWD
ABAWD Waiver
The State may choose to waive the time limit for ABAWDs in counties and cities that have
an unemployment rate over 10%, or counties and cities that are determined to have
insufficient jobs in their area by requesting a Federal ABAWD waiver. The waiver
eliminates the 3 of 36- month time-limit on the receipt of food stamp benefits and the
ABAWD Work Requirement. The State retains the right to require work registrants in
waived areas to participate in work and training activities. Counties that are not covered
by a Federal ABAWD Waiver or the 15% ABAWD exemption must comply with the
ABAWD Time Limit Rule. Georgia has chosen to expand the ABAWD Time Limit
Rule to all 159 counties by calendar year 2020. In preparation for this change, the
State is focusing on building up its infrastructure in order to apply the time limit
rule statewide. Refer to Chart 3355.2A, ABAWD Time-Limit Preparation Counties.
The current 36-month period is December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2020.
15% ABAWD Exemptions

Each year Georgia is allotted a certain number of discretionary exemptions that can be
used to exempt ABAWDS from the participation requirements to receive benefits.
No counties will be exempt under the 15% County exemption at this time.
The ABAWD 15% Individual participation exemption is an exemption granted to an

ABAWD who does not meet the ABAWD work requirement and is subject to the three-
month time limit.
The exemption is applied when the ABAWD is granted agency discretion with State
Office approval.
The Eligibility worker may determine the ongoing exemption. NOTE: The 15%
exemption is granted until the next annual registration referral or initial application.
NOTE: If a change is reported that may result in a change in work status prior to the
next review or initial application, the ABAWD may be removed from the 15% exemption
and required to participate.
Agency Discretion
The 15% exemption may be granted to ABAWDs whose current circumstances deem
them unable to be placed in any training or work activity to meet the federal work
requirements.

Agency Discretion (cont.)

This exemption may be given on a temporary and case by case basis. The exemption
may be used for an ABAWD, who due to extenuating circumstances, is not in an
acceptable placement because of the work activities available in the local area.
The eligibility worker must copy and paste the documentation of the Food and Nutrition
Unit’s approval statement to the Gateway system using the client level case note feature.
ABAWD Time-Limit Preparation Counties

ABAWDs who reside in ABAWD Time-Limit Preparation counties/cities are identified
as work registrants but are not subject to time-limits and countable months. See Chart
3355.2, ABAWD Eligibility Criteria. Refer to Chart 3355.2A, ABAWD Time-Limit
Preparation Counties.
Mandatory Counties
Georgia operates a mandatory E&T program for ABAWDs who reside in a Mandatory
Program County. Refer to chart 3355.2B Mandatory Program Counties. ABAWDs are
identified but are not subject to the time-limit or countable months. The Mandatory
counties are the E&T Grant Pilot Program counties. ABAWD participants selected from
these counties will be engaged to participate in the SNAP Works E&T Pilot Program.
However, the ABAWDs are sanctioned if they do not participate in the program. See
Chart 3355.1, ABAWD Eligibility Criteria.
ABAWD Work Requirement in Time Limited Counties

ABAWDs who reside in the Time-Limited counties must meet the ABAWD Work
Requirement to remain eligible.
Additionally, the ABAWD is required to comply with work requirements for work
registrants (Refer to 3350-5).
Refer to Chart 3355.2C ABAWD Time Limited Counties.
Special Considerations for Gwinnett County

Gwinnett County operates both a mandatory and voluntary E&T program. Under the
mandatory program, ABAWDs are subject to the time-limit, countable months and may
be referred for sanction for non-compliance if required to participate in the program.

SNAP Works Employment & Training (E&T) Program

ABAWDs may volunteer to participate in the SNAP Works Program to meet their
ABAWD work requirements and remain eligible for food stamp benefits. NOTE:
ABAWDs who need to regain eligibility are not eligible for enrollment in the SNAP
Works Program or any of its contractors. The Program serves ABAWDs and non-
ABAWDs. Voluntary participants are not subject to sanction by the SNAP Works
Program.

CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Use this chart to determine the applicable ABAWD Policies.
POLICY TIME LIMITED COUNTIES WAIVED MANDATORY
COUNTIES COUNTIES
ABAWD The Gateway system identifies ABAWD status. Counties are to screen the
Identification List of FS AUs With Individuals Who Are Potential ABAWDS Report
monthly. Review the work registration status of each individual record to
ensure the correct work status is indicated. The eligibility worker must
update the work registration status of the individual, if incorrectly identified.
ABAWD ABAWDs who reside in the Time- The ABAWD The ABAWD
Work Limited counties must meet the is required must comply
Requirement ABAWD Work Requirement to remain to comply with the
eligible. ABAWDs can meet the work with work SNAP Works
requirement by participating in one of registrant Mandatory
the following activities: general work E&T Program
• Working 20 hours per requirements requirements
week, averaged monthly only. Refer as detailed in
80 hours. to Section the personal
o Working means work in 3350, page work plan
exchange for wages, 5. (PWP) and
goods or services, such must comply
as in lieu of rent/in-kind with work
work, unpaid work, registrant
such as volunteerism general work
and/or community requirements.
service and includes
employment and self-
employment.
• Participating and complying
with the requirements of the
work program, such as
WIOA or the SNAP Works
Program.
• Participating and complying
with the requirements of the
Comparable Workfare
Component.
• Any combination of work
and participating and
complying with the
requirements of a work
program.
NOTE: The hourly wage does not have
to meet the federal minimum wage for
participation purposes.

CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (cont.)

COUNTIES COUNTIES
Comparable Comparable Workfare Activities increase The ABAWD The ABAWD
Workfare access to qualifying components for is required to must comply
able-bodied adults without dependents comply with with the SNAP
(ABAWDs), Georgia is adding work Works
comparable workfare to its allowable registrant Mandatory
component opportunities. The general work E&T Program
component is intended to provide requirements requirements
ABAWDs with another means to meet only. Refer to as detailed in
the ABAWD work requirement. Section the personal
Comparable workfare is expected to be 3350, page work plan
widely utilized in areas where 5. (PWP) and
connections to the SNAP Works must comply
Program or other work programs may be with work
limited. Under comparable workfare, the registrant
ABAWD is responsible for the following: general work
• arranging their own requirements.
placement at a nonprofit or
for-profit provider;
• reporting participation; and
• verifying hours of participation to
their food stamp case manager.
The amount of hours equal to the result

obtained by dividing the food stamp
household’s SNAP benefit by the federal
minimum wage. Hours may not exceed
30 hours weekly.
NOTE: If more than one ABAWD is

receiving food stamp benefits in the
food stamp household, the hours must
be divided between all ABAWDs in the
AU.
The food stamp eligibility worker will

maintain records to support the
issuance of benefits to comparable
workfare participants beyond the third
month of eligibility. The food stamp
eligibility worker will track each month of
the State’s fixed 36-month period to
ensure compliance with the ABAWD
time limit.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Comparable ABAWDs who have exhausted the
Workfare ABAWD time limit should not receive a
(cont.) fourth month of food stamp benefits
without providing proof they have
regained eligibility through their
comparable workfare activity.
NOTE: Comparable workfare is not a

SNAP Works Program activity. SNAP
E&T funds cannot be used towards this
component. ABAWDs who need to
regain eligibility cannot do so through
the SNAP Works Program. The fastest
method to regain eligibility is through
comparable workfare or other work
activities.
Reporting Participation must be verified timely to

Requirement prevent a benefit over-issuance.
for ABAWDs
participating ABAWDs participating in comparable
in workfare must have the comparable
Comparable workfare provider complete the ABAWD
Workfare Volunteer Work Requirement
Verification Form 805.
ABAWDs must verify comparable

workfare participation at application and
recertification.
Reporting ABAWDS are required to report when SRR SRR Reporting

Requirement their monthly gross income exceeds Reporting Requirement
for ABAWDs 130% of the FPL and when their work Requirement
who are hours fall below 20 hours per week,
employed averaged 80 hours per month, within 10
days from the end of the month in
which the change occurred.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Reporting These requirements are stated on the SRR Reporting SRR Reporting
Requirement Forms: Requirement Requirements
for ABAWDs • 830 Food Stamp Work
who are Requirements, which is
employed given to all work registrants,
(cont.) including ABAWDs at
application and
recertification.
• 823, which is given to all
ABAWDs that reside in
Time-Limited counties at
application, interim
change and recertification.
All ABAWDs are subject
to SRR reporting
requirements.
Period of ABAWDs are assigned a 6-month 6 months 6 months
Eligibility POE.
Volunteering ABAWDs are able to volunteer to The SNAP Enrollment has
for the participate in the SNAP Works Works Program ended. Not
SNAP Works Program by notifying their food accepts applicable.
Voluntary stamp eligibility worker. The referrals from all
Program eligibility worker must select the 159 counties.
refer to the SNAP Works Program
option in the Gateway system to
generate a referral for the ABAWD
customer.
NOTE: ABAWDs who need to

regain eligibility cannot regain
eligibility through the SNAP Works
Voluntary Program. Only
ABAWDs who are compliant
should be referred.
Employed ABAWDs employment hours are SRR SRR
ABAWD monitored during the eligibility Requirement Requirement
monitored at review. Monitoring of employment
review hours is an eligibility function.
Employment hours for every
month of the POE are verified at
recertification to track compliance
with the minimum 80-hour
monthly participation requirement.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Employed Verify hours of employment for the SRR SRR
ABAWD last four months prior to the Requirement Requirement
monitored review month and any month not
at review previously accounted for. (The
(cont.) hours of employment for the
review month are verified at the
following review.)
This verification can be obtained

using the Form 809, the
attendance sheet, or check stubs.
If check stubs are used as
verification of the ABAWDs
employment hours, then
documentation of representative
pay must clearly state why all
check stubs provided were not
used to determine representative
pay to determine ongoing eligibility.
For example, state “only the last
four checks are being used
because they are the best
representation of the current
situation.”
The eligibility worker must explain

this requirement to the ABAWD at
application. However, if the
ABAWD does not bring the
verification to the interview, request
verification of hours.
If verification of hours is not

provided or hours of participation
are not met, for any month, and
the ABAWD is otherwise
eligible, establish if good cause
exists. If good cause for failure
to meet the hours or failure to
verify the hours does not exist,
determine if countable months or
over-issuance months exist.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Countable/ Countable months are months Not applicable Not applicable
Noncompliance when an ABAWD receives a full
Months issuance month of benefits but is
not meeting one of the following
criteria:
• Exempt from work
registration
• Residing in a waived area
• Receiving the 15% ABAWD
Exemption
• Meeting the ABAWD Work
Requirement
NOTE: Prior to determining if a

month is a countable month,
determine that the ABAWD is
not exempt from work registration
requirements or that the ABAWD
does not have good cause.
Refer to Section 3380, Failure
to Comply with Work
Requirements, for a list of good
cause reasons.
Prorated Months in which the AU is Not applicable Not applicable
Months certified to receive prorated
benefits do not count as countable
months. If a full month of benefits
is received in the initial month, the
initial month may be considered a
countable month.
Countable months used in another

state are counted in Georgia. If
Countable there is an indication that an
Months from ABAWD has participated in the
another State Food Stamp Program in another
state, then contact the other state
and use their information to
determine how many countable
months the ABAWD has used in
the current 36-month period. Refer
to countable months and over
issuance months in this chart.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Accrued 3 Once an ABAWD has Not applicable Not applicable
countable accumulated (3)
months countable/noncompliance
months he/she must regain
eligibility to receive food
stamp benefits. NOTE: If
the food stamp case is
closed the ABAWD must
reapply for food stamp
assistance.
Compliance Compliance is defined as ABAWDS and Compliance is
an action the ABAWD mandatory registrants defined as an
takes to avoid accruing sanctioned for action the ABAWD
three countable months and voluntary quit or takes to avoid an
losing food stamp eligibility. voluntary reduction of E&T sanction or to
work hours must serve reestablish
the minimum sanction eligibility after an
period before eligibility E&T sanction has
can be reestablished. been imposed and
Registration is the the sanction period
only required action has been served.
that the ABAWD or
mandatory registrant The ABAWD has
must take to meet the until the effective
work requirement month of the
after serving the sanction to comply
minimum sanction with work
period. requirements and
to avoid a
Refer to Section sanction.
3380, Failure to
Comply with Work ABAWDS and
Requirements, for mandatory
actions the ABAWD registrants
and/or mandatory sanctioned for
registrant may be voluntary quit or
required to take to voluntary reduction
comply with work of work hours must
requirements. serve the minimum
sanction period
before eligibility
can be
reestablished.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Compliance Registration is the
(cont.) only required action
that the ABAWD or
mandatory registrant
must take to meet
the work requirement
after serving the
minimum sanction
period.
Refer to Section
3380, Failure to
Comply with Work
Requirements, for
actions the ABAWD
or mandatory
registrant may be
required to take.
Regaining A non-complying ABAWD is NOT Not Not applicable
Eligibility referred to the SNAP Works applicable
Program or any of its contractors
to regain eligibility.
Eligibility must be regained when

there is an accumulation of three (3)
countable months. To regain eligibility
is to complete 80 hours of work,
training or education activity or
complete the required hours of
workfare, or a combination of these
activities during any 30 consecutive
days after accumulating the first three
countable months.
Eligibility does not have to be

regained during a calendar month.
ABAWDs may regain eligibility for an
unlimited number of times. If an
ineligible ABAWD has not met the
work requirement prior to application,
refer the ABAWD to a work or
comparable workfare activity to
complete the required hours to regain
eligibility prior to approval.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Self-initiated If the ABAWD meets a work Not applicable Not applicable
activity or registration exemption or is in a
exemption self-initiated training or education
activity for the required 80 hours
eligibility can be established.
Regaining To regain eligibility through

eligibility employment, the ABAWD must
through work 80 hours during any 30
employment consecutive days. The ABAWD
may use employment from
periods in which he/she was not
certified for benefits.
If the ABAWD has begun

employment at the time of the
application, pend the application
until the ABAWD has worked 80
hours but not beyond the 30- day
standard of promptness.
If the ABAWD regains eligibility

through employment that began
and ended prior to the date of
application, request third party
verification. If third party
verification is not available and
the ABAWD is not meeting the
work requirement, refer the
ABAWD to a work or
comparable workfare activity to
regain eligibility.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Regaining The ABAWD may regain eligibility Not applicable Not applicable
through by participating in a work program
work activity for 20 hours weekly over a
program consecutive 30-day period.
activities Verification of completion is required.
NOTE: Applications are not held

beyond the SOP waiting for the
ABAWD to regain eligibility. If
eligibility is regained during the
30-day SOP, provide benefits
from the date of application. If
eligibility is not regained, deny the
application, if applicable.
Second An ABAWD is allowed one second Not applicable Not applicable
Three three-month period during a 36-
Month month period. The second- three-
Period month period is additional time that
the ABAWD is allowed within a 36-
month period to receive benefits
without meeting the work
requirement.
The ABAWD is potentially eligible for

the second three-month period after
eligibility has been regained, at least
once, and there is a subsequent
failure to meet the ABAWD
participation requirement. The
second three-month period is
consecutive. NOTE: These are
considered “bonus” months and are
not guaranteed. An ABAWD may
receive the additional three months
only if all other conditions for
eligibility are met. If the ABAWD
loses eligibility prior to accruing all
three additional months, the
remaining months cannot be used.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Second The second-three-month period does not Not applicable Not applicable
Three begin until all the following conditions
Month have been met:
Period 1. The ABAWD receives the first
(cont.) three countable months and has
regained eligibility.
AND
2. The ABAWD fails again to
comply with the work
requirement or reports loss of
employment due to a reason
other than voluntary quit.
AND
3. The ABAWD is eligible for the
first month of the second three-
month period. The first month of
the second three-month period is
the month timely notice is
issued or the month the loss of
employment is reported.
NOTE: If the ABAWD is ineligible for the

first month of the second three-month
period, the second three- month period
does not begin. The second three-
month period is still available if the
ABAWD fails to meet the participation
requirement at another time.
AND
4. The first month of the second
three- month period is not a
prorated month.
THEN
5. The second three- month period
begins the month timely notice
is issued for failure to comply
with the ABAWD requirement,
such as the month the
ABAWD reports loss of
employment.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Second NOTE: The date of report is crucial Not applicable Not applicable
Three when the ABAWD is meeting the
Month requirement through work.
Period
(cont.) For example, if the ABAWD is
working, loses employment for
reasons other than voluntary quit in
the last month of the POE, does not
reapply for several months and does
not report the loss of employment
until s/he reapplies; the second three-
month period is started when the
ABAWD reapplies.
However, if this same ABAWD

reported loss of employment in the
last month of the POE, the second
three-months would start in the last
month of the POE. The ABAWD
loses the remaining months of the
second three-month period, if s/he
does not reapply.
Non- After the ABAWD has used the second

complying three- months, he/she must be in a
ABAWD self-initiated employment or training
after the activity to re-establish eligibility.
Second
Three NOTE: A non-complying ABAWD
Months is NOT referred to the SNAP
Works Program or any of its
contractors to reestablish
eligibility.


POLICY TIME LIMITED WAIVED MANDATORY COUNTIES
COUNTIES COUNTIES
Sanctioned work If a sanctioned work registrant, including an ABAWD moves from a
registrant moves mandatory county to an ABAWD preparation county OR time-limited
from county to county, continue the sanction for the appropriate minimum sanction
county period. At the end of the minimum sanction period, re- determine the work
registration status of the work registrant. If the individual is still a work
registrant, re-registration is the only action necessary to lift the sanction.
Resources and Work registrants may be sanctioned for failure to comply with FS work
Income of an requirements such as E&T, voluntary quit, voluntary reduction of work
ineligible hours to less than 30 hours per week, failure to comply with TANF ES,
ABAWD are and refusal to register for work.
counted in their
entirety.
Resources of an Exclude in their Not applicable Exclude in their entirety if
ineligible entirety if the the ABAWD is included in
ABAWD ABAWD is an AU that is categorically
included in an AU eligible for food stamps.
that is categorically Refer to Section 3210,
eligible for food Categorically Eligible
stamps. Assistance Units and
Section 3211, E xpanded
Refer to Section Categorical Eligibility –
3210, TCOS.
Categorically
Eligible
Assistance Units
and Section
3211, Expanded
Categorical
Eligibility –
TCOS.
Income of an Prorate income. Not applicable Prorate income.
ineligible Refer to Section 3625,
ABAWD Refer to Section Budget for AU with IPV
3625, Budget for disqualified, Work
AU with IPV Sanctioned, Ineligible
disqualified, Work ABAWDs and
Sanctioned, Lawbreakers.
Ineligible
ABAWDs and
Lawbreakers.


COUNTIES COUNTIES
Countable An over-issuance exists if the ABAWD Not Not applicable
Months and receives benefits for a month: applicable
Overpayment • without good cause for not
Months meeting the work requirement,
• is not sanctioned,
• is not exempt,
• has exhausted 3 countable months,
• and
• is not eligible in one of the second
three- months.
When a FS AU is totally ineligible for a

month or receives benefits in error for a
month and that month is also a
countable month, the month is
considered a countable month until the
claim has been paid in full. Once the claim
is paid in full, the countable month is
erased and does not count toward the 3
countable months in the 36-month
period.
In SRR cases, month(s) in which a non-

reportable change occurs that makes an
AU member an ABAWD are considered
countable months. The 15% participation
exemption may be applied for every
month of the POE that the ABAWD work
requirement was not met. NOTE:
Changes in ABAWD status are effective
the month after the change occurs.
An over issuance does not occur under
ABAWD provisions in the following
situations:
• A month is one of the first three
countable months.
• The month is included in the
second three- month period.
• The month an E&T sanction is
applied.
• A month in which an ABAWD has
good cause for failure to comply.
• A month in which the ABAWD
meets a work registration or

participation exemption.

COUNTIES COUNTIES
ABAWD The eligibility food stamp worker must Not applicable Not applicable
Eligibility accurately account for and document each
Tracking month of the 36- month period and ensure that
Clock the ABAWD does not receive more than 3
countable/noncompliance months and the
second three-month period.
Document the eligibility status for each month

of the 36-month period by indicating one of the
following descriptions on the ABAWD Time
Clock (ATC) in the G a t e w a y system or the
ABAWD Calendar Sheet Form 504 in the
case record permanent verification section:
• Mandatory Registrant (Not ABAWD)

• Work registration exemption granted
• 15% exemption granted
• Good cause granted for non-
participation
• Hours of full participation reported
• Countable/Noncompliance month
• Prorated month
• Sanctioned month
• FS case/client closed (No FS received)
• Over Issuance month
• Employed 20-29 hours
• Waived Area
• Second Three Month Period
(Additional Three Months)
If the case is inactive, complete the Form 507

ABAWD Tracking Calendar, upload the
document into the document imaging system
and add a descriptive client level case note
regarding the ABAWD’s participation.
NOTE: If the ABAWD is enrolled in the

SNAP Works Program, the SW
employment services specialist will request
that the eligibility worker update the
ABAWD Time Clock.

CHART 3355.2 ABAWD TIME LIMIT PREPARATION COUNTIES

Effective November 16, 2018 – December 31, 2019
Appling Coffee Greene Mitchell Talbot
Atkinson Colquitt Habersham Monroe Taliaferro
Bacon Cook Hancock Montgomery Tattnall
Baker Crawford Haralson Morgan Taylor
Baldwin Crisp Hart Murray Telfair
Bartow Dade Heard Muscogee Thomas
Ben Hill Decatur Henry Newton Tift
Berrien DeKalb Houston Oconee Toombs
Bibb Dodge Irwin Oglethorpe Towns
Bleckley Dooly Jeff Davis Peach Treutlen
Brantley Dougherty Jefferson Pierce Troup
Brooks Douglas Jenkins Pike Turner
Bryan Early Johnson Polk Twiggs
Bulloch Echols Lamar Pulaski Upson
Burke Effingham Lanier Putnam Walker
Butts Elbert Laurens Quitman Walton
Calhoun Emanuel Lee Rabun Ware
Camden Evans Liberty Randolph Warren
Candler Fannin Lincoln Richmond Washington
Carroll Floyd Long Rockdale Wayne
Charlton Franklin Lowndes Schley Webster
Chatham Fulton Macon Screven Wheeler
Chattahoochee Gilmer Marion Seminole Whitfield
Chattooga Glascock McDuffie Spalding Wilcox
Clay Glynn McIntosh Stephens Wilkes
Clayton Gordon Meriwether Stewart Wilkinson
Clinch Grady Miller Sumter Worth
CHART 3355.2B MANDATORY COUNTIES

Bulloch Chatham
DeKalb Clayton
Glynn Douglas
Rockdale Henry
Gwinnett* *Gwinnett is a mandatory and Time-
Limited County.

CHART 3355.2C ABAW TIME-LIMITED COUNTIES

Effective November 16, 2018 – December 31, 2019
Banks
Barrow
Catoosa
Cherokee
Clarke
Cobb
Columbia
Coweta
Dawson
Fayette
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Hall
Harris
Jackson
Jasper
Jones
Lumpkin
Madison
Paulding
Pickens
Terrell
Union
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GEORGIA DIVISION OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES

FOOD STAMP (SNAP) POLICY MANUAL

ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS (ABAWD)

NOTE: An 18-year-old becomes subject to ABAWD work requirements starting the

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15% ABAWD Exemptions

The ABAWD 15% Individual participation exemption is an exemption granted to an

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Agency Discretion (cont.)

ABAWD Time-Limit Preparation Counties

ABAWD Work Requirement in Time Limited Counties

Refer to Chart 3355.2C ABAWD Time Limited Counties.

Special Considerations for Gwinnett County

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SNAP Works Employment & Training (E&T) Program

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CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

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CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (cont.)

The amount of hours equal to the result

NOTE: If more than one ABAWD is

The food stamp eligibility worker will

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CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (cont.)

NOTE: Comparable workfare is not a

Reporting Participation must be verified timely to

ABAWDs must verify comparable

Reporting ABAWDS are required to report when SRR SRR Reporting

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NOTE: ABAWDs who need to

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This verification can be obtained

The eligibility worker must explain

If verification of hours is not

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CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (cont.)

NOTE: Prior to determining if a

Countable months used in another

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CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (cont.)

Eligibility must be regained when

Eligibility does not have to be

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CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (cont.)

Regaining To regain eligibility through

If the ABAWD has begun

If the ABAWD regains eligibility

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CHART 3355.1 ABAWD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (cont.)

NOTE: Applications are not held