FNS Documents & Resources

This memo provides guidance to state agencies regarding large grant offset of overused ABAWD funds.

This rule finalizes the proposed provisions of a rule published on March 19, 2004 to amend Food Stamp Program regulations to codify Food Stamp Employment and Training program provisions of section 4121 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.

This is a follow-up of our memorandum of Feb. 3, 2006, authorizing 2-year waivers of the work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents. Since we issued the original memorandum, we have received several requests in which state agencies have requested waivers under which they proposed to include the same jurisdiction in waivers covering two different approval periods.

At the request of the state agencies, SNAP offered a two-year ABAWD waiver under limited circumstances.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 imposed a work requirement and time limit on food stamp recipients viewed as fit to work – able-bodied adults without dependents. ABAWD participants are limited to three months of benefits in a three-year period unless they meet a work requirement. This study provides a national picture of how states implemented the ABAWD provisions and who was affected.

Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (w/6-month Time Limit on the Exemptions).

Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (if no Time Limit is Placed on the Exemptions).

Allowable per Case-Month Exemptions by State (w/3-month Time Limit on the Exemptions).

The report presents the results of a survey conducted with every state during November and December 1997 to gather detailed information on state options taken in six main areas, with particular focus on time limits and work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) and on food stamp sanctions.

Balanced Budget Act of 1977 (PL 105-33) Questions and Answers - Set 2