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Date FNS Document# Title
SNAP Work Requirement Policy Resources
SNAP Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Policy Guide
SNAP: FY 24 Discretionary Exemptions for ABAWDs - Not Adjusted for Carryover
SNAP Provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 – Questions & Answers #2
SNAP Provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 – Questions and Answers #1
SNAP – Noticing Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents before Reinstating the Time Limit
Ensuring Language Access and Effective Communication In Consideration of the Unwinding of the SNAP Emergency Allotments and COVID-19- Program Flexibilities
SNAP FY 2023 Allocations of Discretionary Exemptions for ABAWDs
SNAP – Preparing for Reinstatement of the Time Limit for ABAWDs
SNAP - Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Percentage Exemption Totals for FY 23 - Not Adjusted for Carryover
SNAP - ABAWD Discretionary Exemptions Totals for FY 2022
SNAP COVID-19 Voluntary Quit and Good Cause Policy Clarification
SNAP - Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Percentage Exemption Totals for FY 22
Guide to Supporting Requests to Waive the Time Limit for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD)
SNAP - Preparing for Reinstatement of Time Limit for ABAWDs
FY 2022 State Management Evaluation Target Areas
SNAP - ABAWD Discretionary Exemptions Totals for FY 2021
Use of SNAP Employment and Training Funds for SNAP Recipients Who Are Attending High School
SNAP – Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Impact on Time Limit for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs)
Questions and Answers: Final Rulemaking Requirements for ABAWDs
SNAP Section 4005 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 - Questions and Answers
FY 2019 Homeless Shelter Deduction Memo
Innovation and Evaluation in SNAP Demonstration Projects
Characteristics of Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents
Requirements for Informing Households of ABAWD Rules
Clarifying Obsolete Regulatory References to WIOA, Americorps, ABAWDs
SP37-2016 ABAWD Time Limit Exemption for Veterans Disability Benefit
ABAWD Time Limit Policy and Program Access Memo
SNAP - FY 2016 State Target Areas for Management Evaluations
SNAP Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents Q&As June 2015
ABAWD Question and Answers
SNAP Applications and the Affordable Care Act
SNAP- Able Bodied Adults without Dependents Waivers for FY 2014
SNAP - Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents Waivers for FY 2013
SNAP-Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents Waivers for FY 2012
SNAP - Monitoring State Implementation of Certification and Benefit Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
SNAP - Statewide Able Bodied Adults Without Dependent Waivers Effective Immediately for Eligible States
SNAP ABAWD Statewide Waivers: New Criteria for Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefits Trigger
Calculation of Value of ABAWD Exemptions in Cases Where States Overuse Their Allocations
Overuse of the 15 Percent ABAWD Exemptions by State Agencies
FSP – 2-Year Approval of Waivers of the Work Requirements for ABAWDs under 7 CFR 273.24
Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (if no Time Limit is Placed on the Exemptions)
Guidance for States on Use of Discretionary Food Stamp Program Time Limit Exemptions
Page updated: November 20, 2019