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FoodShare Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Work Requirement Exemption for High Unemployment Areas - Amended 11/22/2019

This operations memo announces that, effective October 1, 2019, FoodShare members who live in high unemployment areas will be exempt from the able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) work requirement.

Memo Issued By
DMS
Official Memo Number
19-38
Memo Issue Date
October 7, 2019
Memo File
dms-ops-2019-38.pdf
Last revised January 6, 2023