Are Title IV-A and UC recipients categorically exempt from the ABAWDs provision?
They are not categorically exempt, but most of them will be exempt. Individuals subject to and complying with a title IV work registration requirement or the Federal-State unemployment compensation system are exempt from the ABAWD provision. Other individuals may be exempt under other food stamp provisions such as the exemption for adults caring for children. Q. Can a person be exempt if the unemployment compensation system only requires job search? A. Yes. An individual is exempt from Section 824 if that individual is otherwise exempt under subsection (d)(2) of Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act. Under Section 6(d)(2)(A) of the Food Stamp Act, an individual is exempt if complying with the Federal-State unemployment compensation system, whatever that system requires. The job search and job search training limitation does not apply to the enumerated exemptions, it only applies to what will be considered as participation in a “work program.” Q. Must 2 separate determinations be made–one fo
