Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual
Chapter 13 - Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWDs)
Rule 18-14-13.13 - Discretionary Exemptions (8%)

A. MDHS is allotted a number of exemptions equal to 8 percent of the state's caseload that is ineligible for SNAP due to the ABAWD time limit.

B. FNS will calculate and issue a new allotment each federal fiscal year.

C. Each discretionary exemption extends eligibility to one ABAWD for one month.

D. MDHS has discretion as how to use the exemptions.

E. When the county has no available workfare sites or meaningful E&T activities and the participant is unable to self-initiate either a workfare site or an activity that will meet the monthly work requirements, a 8% exemption may be implemented.

F. MDHS must track the number of exemptions used monthly and report such number to FNS.