Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) This rule explains specific requirements
of the Job Participation Incentive (JPI). The JPI food benefit provides $10 per
month for qualifying SNAP households with a dependent child (see OAR
461-001-0000) under age
18.
(2) An individual eligible for
JPI may receive a $10 monthly food benefit.
(a) The individual receives the $10 incentive
payment starting the month the Department receives documentation that all
enrollment criteria in section (3) of this rule have been met.
(b) There are no partial months of JPI
benefits.
(c) The individual may
only be issued retroactive JPI benefits as allowed under OAR
461-180-0130.
(3) As used in this rule, a
"two-parent household" refers to a SNAP household group (see OAR
461-110-0210) that contains a
dependent child under age 18 and the dependent child's two parents.
(4) To receive JPI, an individual must be in
a SNAP filing group (see OAR
461-110-0370) and meet the
requirements of all of the following subsections:
(a) Be working at an unsubsidized paid
employment that meets the
federally required participation
rates (see OAR
461-001-0025) and total
countable (see OAR
461-001-0000) income is at or
below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (see OAR
461-155-0180). For
self-employment or piece rate work, the hours of work must be equivalent to the
required average weekly hours at federal minimum wage. An individual must meet
the requirements of at least one of the following paragraphs:
(A) Be a single parent (see OAR
461-001-0000) of a dependent
child under six years of age and working at an unsubsidized paid employment for
an average of at least 20 weekly hours.
(B) Be a single parent of a dependent child
at least six years of age and under 18 years of age, and working at an
unsubsidized paid employment for an average of at least 30 weekly
hours.
(C) Be a parent in a
two-parent household (see section (3) of this rule) that does not receive
federally-funded child care assistance, and the parents are working at
unsubsidized paid employment for a combined average of at least 35 hours per
week.
(D) Be a parent in a
two-parent household that receives federally-funded child care assistance and
the parents are working at unsubsidized paid employment for a combined average
of 55 hours per week.
(b) Provide the Department with
employer-produced documents of paid, unsubsidized work hours covering a
consecutive two-week period that has occurred within the last 60
days.
(c) Anticipate weekly
employment hours will remain the same or increase for the reporting
period.
(d) Provide
employer-produced documents of paid, unsubsidized work hours each time
requested by the Department and no later than the last day of the sixth month
following the date the individual provides the verification of work hours in
accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
(e) Be an eligible adult in a SNAP benefit
group (see OAR 461-110-0750) and the parent of
an eligible dependent child under age 18 in the same SNAP benefit
group.
(f) Not be receiving any
Employment Payments (see OAR
461-001-0025 and
461-135-1270), SFPSS, or TANF
program benefits in the same month.
(g) All eligible adults must provide marital
status to the Department.
(5) To remain eligible for JPI, an individual
must meet all requirements in section (4) of this rule and all SNAP eligibility
and reporting requirements (see OAR
461-170-0011).
(6) Household income in JPI is calculated in
accordance with all SNAP financial rules.
(7) An individual is no longer eligible for
JPI when it has been determined that the individual does not meet federally
required participation rates and requirements due to any of the following:
(a) Loss of employment.
(b) A reduction in work hours.
(c) The individual no longer has a dependent
child under age 18 in their SNAP benefit group.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
409.050,
411.060,
411.070 &
412.049
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
409.010,
411.060,
411.070 &
412.049
