Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part III - Economic Stability
Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households
Subchapter G - Work Requirements
Section III-1938 - Work Registration Requirements
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-1938
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Each household member who is not exempt from work registration shall be registered for employment before certification and recertification as a condition of eligibility. At the time of application, the state agency shall explain to the applicant the consequences of violation of the work requirements.
1. No individual
physically and mentally fit and between the ages of 16 and 60, is eligible to
participate if that individual:
a. refuses
without good cause to provide sufficient information to allow a determination
of his/her employment status or job availability;
b. voluntarily and without good cause quits a
job;
c. voluntarily and without
good cause reduces his/her work effort (and, after the reduction, is working
less than 30 hours a week);
d.
fails at certification and recertification to register for employment;
or
e. refuses without good cause to
accept an offer of employment.
2. If it is determined that an individual has
violated the work requirements without good cause, that individual shall be
ineligible to participate in SNAP as follows:
a. first sanction-until failure to comply
ceases or one month, whichever is longer;
b. second sanction-until failure to comply
ceases or three months, whichever is longer;
c. third or subsequent sanction-until failure
to comply ceases or six months, whichever is longer.
3. If any individual who violated the work
requirement joins another household, that individual shall be considered an
ineligible household member.
B. Determining Whether a Work Requirement Violation Occurred
1. When a household files
an application for participation, or when a participating household reports the
loss of a source of income, the DCFS shall determine whether any household
member:
a. refused without good cause to
provide sufficient information to allow a determination of his/her employment
status or job availability;
b.
voluntarily and without good cause quit a job;
c. voluntarily and without good cause reduced
his/her work effort (and, after the reduction, is working less than 30 hours a
week);
d. refused without good
cause, at the time of recertification, to register for employment;
e. refused without good cause to accept an
offer of employment.
2.
Benefits shall not be delayed beyond the normal processing times pending the
outcome of this determination. This provision applies only if the employment
involved 30 hours or more per week or provided weekly earnings equivalent to
the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours; the violation occurred within
60 days prior to the date of application or anytime thereafter, and was without
good cause. Terminating a self-employment enterprise or resigning from a job at
the demand of the employer will not be considered a violation for purpose of
this Section. An employee of the federal government, or of a state or local
government who participates in a strike against such government, and is
dismissed from his or her job because of participation in the strike, shall be
considered to have violated the work requirements without good cause.
3. If an application for participation is
filed in the last month of the disqualification period, the eligibility worker
shall use the same application for the denial of benefits in the remaining
month of disqualification and certification for any subsequent month(s) if all
other eligibility criteria are met.
4. Upon a determination that a violation of
the work requirements occurred, the DCFS shall determine if the violation was
with good cause. If it is determined that good cause does not exist, the
sanction will be imposed. The DCFS shall provide the household with a notice of
ineligibility. The notice shall inform the household of the proposed period of
disqualification; its right to reapply at the end of the disqualification; and
of its right to a fair hearing.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with P.L. 104-193 and P.L. 110-246.
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