Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 50 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Subchapter 5 - Non-Financial Eligibility Criteria
Part 10 - ABLE-BODIED ADULT WITHOUT DEPENDENTS
Section 340:50-5-101 - Exemption to Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Requirements
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
Per Section 273.24(g) of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) may provide an exemption from the three-countable months during any 36-month period rule for ABAWDs, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:50-5-100(b), for up to eight percent of eligible ABAWDs per federal fiscal year.
(1) Eligible ABAWD. An eligible ABAWD is a food benefit recipient or applicant denied eligibility solely because he or she received three-countable months during the current 36-month period. This includes an ABAWD, who is not:
(2) Tracking. OKDHS tracks the number of exemptions used each month and reports the information to the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Services regional office on a quarterly basis.
(3) Eight percent exemption. OKDHS uses the allowable eight percent exemptions to extend food benefit eligibility to all ABAWDs whose eligibility OKDHS extended more than three-countable months in error. Each exemption covers one month issued in error.
