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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-1 - General Provisions › Section 5101:4-1-05 - Food assistance: personnel standards, bilingual staff and materials, records and reports

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What are the personnel standards?
(1) County agency personnel used in the
			 certification process shall be employed in accordance with the current
			 standards for the merit system of personnel administration or any standards
			 later prescribed by the United States civil service commission under section
			 208 of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970. County agency employees
			 meeting the  requirements
			 of this paragraph shall perform the interview
			 required by rule
			 5101:4-2-07
			 of the Administrative Code. Volunteers and other
			 non-county agency employees are not to conduct certification interviews or
			 certify supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) applicants
									.
(2)
									 Supplemental security income (SSI) assistance groups
			 certified under the joint processing requirements and disaster victims applying
			 under emergency eligibility standards authorized by the United States
			 department of agriculture food and nutrition services (FNS) may be certified by
			 personnel who are not under the state merit personnel system.
(3)
									 County agencies are encouraged to use volunteers in
			 related activities such as: outreach,
			 prescreening, assisting applicants in  the application and certification process, and securing needed
			 verification.
(4)
									 Individuals and organizations who are parties to a
			 strike or lockout may not be used in the certification process except as a
			 source of verification of information supplied by the
			 applicant.
(5)
									 Only authorized employees of the state, county
			 agencies, electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card issuers, and federal employees
			 involved in administration of the program are to be permitted access to
			 issuance documents.
(6)
									 Any individuals involved in a work activity program
			 who have access to the statewide automated eligibility system will be subject
			 to existing confidentiality regulations. Work experience program (WEP)
			 participants who work at the county agency will be fully informed of
			 confidentiality provisions and are to sign a nondisclosure pledge. County
			 agencies are to follow their own policies and procedures regarding
			 confidentiality issues.
(7) The county agency
			 shall employ sufficient staff to certify and issue benefits to eligible
			 assistance groups and process fair hearing requests within the timeliness
			 standards. Outreach activities and other program functions must also be
			 performed as specified.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-1 - General Provisions › Section 5101:4-1-13 - Food assistance: availability of information, program administration, office operations, and income eligibility verification system information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								What information about
			 the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
			 
								is the
			 county agency to make available?
(1)
									State agency certification handbooks
			 are to be made available for review upon request.
(2)
									The following
			 posters are to be displayed in all county agencies:
(a)
										The "And Justice
			 for All" poster (Form AD-475B) (9/2019). This poster may be downloaded from the
			 United States department of agriculture food and nutrition service (FNS) web
			 site at
https://www.usda.gov/oascr/and-justice-all
;
(b)
										The JFS 07207 "Your SNAP Rights"
			 poster;
(c)
										The JFS 08048 "Your Civil Rights" poster;
			 and
(d)
										The JFS 08083 "Do You Have a Disability"
			 poster.
(3) Optional
			 information to be made available:
(a)
										County agencies
			 may make printed materials available such as pamphlets, fliers and posters that
			 contain current basic information about the following items:
(i)
											Eligibility
			 requirements and program benefits;
(ii)
											Application
			 procedures including how to obtain and file applications;
(iii)
											The
			 documentation required for completing applications;
(iv)
											Applicants'
			 rights to receive applications when they are requested, file applications the
			 day they are received, and receive benefits (if determined to be eligible)
			 within thirty days of filing applications;
(v)
											Expedited
			 service;
(vi)
											Fair hearings;
(vii)
											Out-of-office
			 interview provisions;
(viii)
											Procedures for filing a complaint;
(ix)
											The locations
			 and hours of operation of the county agency; and
(x)
											A telephone
			 number where information on filing complaints and the location and hours of
			 service may be obtained in lieu of providing this information in printed
			 form.
(b)
										When this material is made available, it is to be
			 available in languages other than English as outlined in rule
			 5101:4-1-05 of the
			 Administrative Code and is to include the SNAP program nondiscrimination
			 statement.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-1 - General Provisions › Section 5101:4-1-15 - Food assistance: nondiscrimination and program complaints

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule describes the process when an individual alleges
				discrimination as an applicant or recipient of the supplemental nutrition
				assistance program (SNAP) and/or has a complaint regarding the SNAP
				program.
(A) What is the
			 nondiscrimination policy for SNAP?
Discrimination in any aspect of program administration is
				prohibited by program regulations, the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the Age
				Discrimination Act of 1975 (PL 94-135), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
				1964 (42 U. S. C.
				2000d), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
				of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as amended in 2008 by
				Pub. L. No.
				110-325 (42 U.S.C. 12101).
Enforcement action may be brought under any applicable federal
				law. Title VI complaints are to be processed in accord with 7 C.F.R. Part 15
				(5/2003), United States department of agriculture's (USDA) regulations on
				nondiscrimination.
County agencies are not to discriminate
				against any applicant or participant in any aspect of program administration,
				including, but not limited to:
(1) The
			 certification of assistance groups;
(2) The issuance of benefits;
(3) The conduct of fair hearings;
			 or
(4) The conduct of any other
			 program service for reasons of race, color, national origin, sex (including all
			 federally protected classes pertaining to sex), age, disability, religion,
			 political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights
			 activity.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-1 - General Provisions › Section 5101:4-1-16 - Food assistance: project area and approved county collaborations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule describes the statewide project area and the approved
				county collaborations for the purposes of administering the
				supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP).
				County collaborations allow multiple county departments of job and family
				services to come together under a common agreement and operate as a single
				entity for the purposes of administering SNAP benefits. Agreements
				between counties may be formalized under section
				329.40 of the Revised Code or
				they may be informal agreements subject to review and approval by the Ohio
				department of job and family services (ODJFS).
				Throughout division 5101:4 of the Administrative Code, the term "county agency"
				should be read to include an approved county collaboration.
(A) What is a project area?
The entire state of Ohio has been designated as a single
				project area responsible for program operations. Within the statewide project
				area, county collaboration have been designated as certification offices
				responsible for program operations that includes,
				but is not limited to: application processing; eligibility determinations; and
				the operation of employment and training programs.
(B) What are the approved county
			 collaborations?
ODJFS issues the
				names of the approved county collaborations via a food assistance change
				transmittal letter, that can be found in the food assistance certification
				handbook at the ODJFS website.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-2 - Application Process › Section 5101:4-2-01 - Food assistance: initial application process

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) How does an
			 individual apply for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits?
(1) The application process begins with a
			 request for SNAP. Upon request to apply, the county agency shall provide the
			 individual or authorized representative with all of the following forms:
(a) A JFS 07200, "Application for
			 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Cash Assistance, Medical
			 Assistance or Child Care Assistance"; and
(b) A
			 JFS 07217 "Voter Registration Notice of Rights and Declination" and a voter
			 registration form (for requirements and procedures of the National Voter
			 Registration Act of 1993 refer to rule
			 5101:1-2-15 of the
			 Administrative Code).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-2 - Application Process › Section 5101:4-2-02 - Food assistance: categorically eligible assistance groups

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
There are assistance groups that have eligibility factors
				waived due to receiving specific public benefits or services. These assistance
				groups are considered categorically eligible for the supplemental
				nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
								. When each assistance group member receives
				or is authorized to receive Ohio works first (OWF), supplemental security
				income (SSI),  or a temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) funded
				service as defined in this rule, or any combination of these benefits the
				assistance group is categorically eligible.
(A) Who is considered an OWF or SSI
			 recipient?
An OWF or SSI recipient is any person:
(1) Who receives an OWF or SSI money
			 payment;
(2) Whose entire grant is
			 being recouped;
(3) Whose grant is
			 in suspended status;
(4) Who is
			 eligible for the benefit but is not receiving it because the monthly grant is
			 below a minimum amount for a check to be issued; or
(5) Whose OWF or SSI has been authorized and
			 the individual has been notified of the decision but payment has yet to be
			 received.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-2 - Application Process › Section 5101:4-2-05 - Food assistance: authorized representatives

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is an authorized representative?
An authorized representative is a person/entity whom the
				assistance group chooses to act on its behalf. A non-household member may be
				designated as an authorized representative provided that the person is an adult
				who is sufficiently aware of relevant household circumstances. An adult member
				of the assistance group or an unaccompanied homeless
				minor as defined in rule
				5101:4-2-03
				of the Administrative Code may 
									designate
				and use an authorized representative at any time. The assistance group may have
				more than one authorized representative selected to do one or more of the
				following:
(1) Act on the assistance
			 group's behalf, including but not limited to:
(a) Completing the application
			 process;
(b) Carrying out
			 responsibilities during the certification period, such as reporting changes in
			 the assistance group's circumstances;
(c) Requesting a state hearing and
			 representing the assistance group at a state hearing; and
(d) Receiving all notices and correspondence
			 issued by the county agency on behalf of the assistance group. The county
			 agency shall issue notices and correspondence to both the authorized
			 representative and the assistance group.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-2 - Application Process › Section 5101:4-2-07 - Food assistance: initial interview process

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is the process for an initial
			 interview?
(1) Upon receipt of an application,
			 as defined in rule
			 5101:4-2-01 of the
			 Administrative Code, the county agency shall conduct an interactive interview
			 with a member of the assistance group or an authorized representative for the
			 assistance group making application.
(2) The county agency shall schedule an
			 interview for all applicant assistance groups who are not interviewed on the
			 day they submit an application. The interview notice shall contain the date and
			 time of the interview. The notice shall also list the phone number the county
			 agency will call when completing a phone interview, or the phone number the
			 applicant will call to complete the interview with the county agency.
(3) When separate applications are filed for
			 assistance groups residing in the same household, each assistance group that
			 has applied on a separate application shall be interviewed or scheduled for an
			 interview.
(4) When scheduling an
			 interview, the county agency shall consider and attempt to accommodate any
			 special circumstances or requests from an assistance group, including the
			 assistance group's work schedule.
(5) The county agency shall schedule all
			 interviews as promptly as possible to ensure eligible assistance groups receive
			 an opportunity to participate within thirty days after the application is
			 filed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-2 - Application Process › Section 5101:4-2-09 - Food assistance: verification procedure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is verification?
Verification is used to support and document what was reported
				on the JFS 07200, "
									Application for Cash, Food,
				or Medical
				Assistance"  during the
				application process and to provide clarification on any questionable
				information. The county agency shall allow assistance groups at least ten days
				to provide required verification.
(B) Whose responsibility is it to provide
			 verification?
(1) The assistance group has
			 primary responsibility for providing verification to support its statements on
			 the application and resolve any questionable information. An assistance group
			 may supply verification in person, through the mail, by fax, electronically, or
			 through an authorized representative. The county agency shall not require the
			 assistance group to present verification in person.
(2) The county agency shall assist the
			 assistance group in obtaining verification provided the assistance group has
			 not refused to cooperate as specified in rule
			 5101:4-2-01
			 of the Administrative Code. If it would be difficult or impossible for the
			 assistance group to obtain verification in a timely manner, or the county
			 agency can obtain the verification faster, the county agency shall offer
			 assistance in obtaining the verification.
(3) The county agency is not required to
			 assist an assistance group in obtaining verification of alien status except
			 when the documentation is unclear and the county agency receives the
			 applicant's permission to contact the U.S. citizenship and immigration service
			 (USCIS). The county agency is also not required to assist the assistance group
			 in obtaining verification of shelter costs for an unoccupied home
			 when
			 verification would have to be obtained from sources outside of the
			 county.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-2 - Application Process › Section 5101:4-2-11 - Food assistance: timeliness standard and benefit issuance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What are the general standards for
			 application processing?
(1) An assistance
			 group's eligibility shall be determined and benefits shall be authorized for an
			 eligible assistance group as soon as possible but no later than thirty calendar
			 days after the assistance group or its representative files the application.
			 Applications for residents of public institutions shall follow the standards
			 described in rule
			 5101:4-2-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
			 Assistance groups who apply for benefits after the fifteenth day of the month
			 shall receive their prorated allotment for the initial month of application and
			 their first full month allotment at the same time. Assistance groups not
			 entitled to a combined allotment are as follows:
(a) An assistance group whose initial month
			 prorated benefits are less than ten dollars.
(b) An assistance group determined ineligible
			 to receive benefits for the initial month of application.
(c) An assistance group determined ineligible
			 to receive benefits the month following the initial month's prorated
			 benefits.
(d) An assistance group
			 that has not provided necessary verification to determine
			 eligibility.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-03 - Food assistance: nonfinancial eligibility standard-residency

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is the
			 residency requirement?
An 
									assistance group must file an application for
				participation with the county agency that 
									serves the
				county in which the 
									assistance group resides. The county agency shall
				not impose any durational residency requirements. Residency shall not mean an
				intent to permanently reside in the state or county; however, individuals in a
				county solely for vacation shall not be considered residents. A fixed residence
				is not required; for example, migrant campsites satisfy the residency
				requirement. The county agency shall not require an otherwise eligible
				assistance group to have a permanent dwelling or have a fixed mailing address
				as a condition of eligibility.
(B) May an individual participate in more
			 than one 
								assistance group in a month?
An individual may not participate as a member of more than one
				assistance group  in any month. The only exception is when the individual is a
				resident of a shelter for battered persons and their children as defined in
				rule
				5101:4-6-27
				of the Administrative Code and was a member of an assistance group containing
				the individual who had abused him or her. Residents of shelters for battered
				persons and their children shall be handled in accordance with rule
				5101:4-6-27
				of the Administrative Code.
(C) What residency information is requested
			 on an application?
The application asks for both a physical address and a mailing
				address. When the two are different, the county agency shall request that both
				addresses be given. When the address is a rural route, information shall be
				given that will provide directions to the home. Addresses on an application
				shall be verified in accordance with rule
				5101:4-2-09
				of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-06 - Food assistance: victims of trafficking

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is 
								the definition
			 of " severe
			 
								forms of
			 trafficking in persons"?
As described in
				22
				U.S.C. 7102 (01/2021), the term "severe
				forms of trafficking in persons" is defined as:
(1) Sex trafficking in
			 which a commercial sex act induced by force, fraud or coercion, or in which the
			 person is induced to perform such an act is under the age of
			 eighteen years; or
(2) Labor
			 trafficking
									in
			 which the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining
			 of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion
			 for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage,
			 or slavery.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-07 - Food assistance: citizenship, alien status, and reporting illegal aliens

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule describes the nonfinancial eligibility standards used
				to determine citizenship and alien status of individuals applying for or
				receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits. Unless an
				individual meets the criteria described in rule
				5101:4-3-06 of the
				Administrative Code for victims of severe forms of trafficking, the individual
				must meet the requirements of this rule to receive SNAP.
(A) Who is eligible for SNAP?
(1) A United States (U.S.) citizen or
			 non-citizen national,
The "United States" is defined as the fifty states, the
				District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana islands, and the
				Virgin islands. In addition, non-citizen nationals from American Samoa or
				Swain's island are considered U.S. citizens for the purposes of the SNAP
				program.
(2) An individual
			 who is:
(a) An American Indian who:
(i) Was born in Canada and possesses at least
			 fifty per cent of blood of the American Indian race to whom the provisions of
			 section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA),
			 8 U.S.C.
			 1359 (06/1952), apply; or
(ii) Is a member of an Indian tribe as
			 defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
			 Assistance Act of 1951, 25
			 U.S.C. 450b(e) (12/2000),
			 that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided
			 by the U.S. to Indians because of their status as Indians.
(b) A member of the Hmong or Highland Laotian
			 tribe who is:
(i) An individual lawfully
			 residing in the U.S. and who was a member of the Hmong or Highland Laotian
			 tribe at the time that the tribe rendered assistance to U.S. personnel by
			 taking part in a military or rescue operation during the Vietnam era beginning
			 August 5, 1964 and ending May 7, 1975;
(ii) The spouse, or surviving spouse of such
			 Hmong or Highland Laotian described in paragraph (A)(2)(b)(i) of this rule;
			 or
(iii) An unmarried dependent
			 child, or surviving dependent child of such Hmong or Highland Laotian described
			 in paragraph (A)(2)(b)(i) of this rule who is under the age of eighteen or a
			 full-time student under the age of twenty-two provided the child was dependent
			 upon him or her at the time of his or her death; or an unmarried disabled child
			 age eighteen or older if the child was disabled and dependent on the person
			 prior to the child's eighteenth birthday. Child means the legally adopted or
			 biological child of the person described in paragraph (A)(2)(b)(i) of this
			 rule.
(3) An
			 alien determined to be a qualified alien as described in paragraph (B) of this
			 rule. A qualified alien is a federal term referring to a pool of non-U.S.
			 citizens eligible to receive SNAP, provided all other eligibility requirements
			 are met.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-09 - Food assistance: Ohio works first assistance groups

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule sets forth the actions a county agency shall take on
				supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits when a member of an
				assistance group in which all members are receiving Ohio works first (OWF) is
				sanctioned or disqualified from the OWF program for failing a behavioral
				requirement in the OWF program designed to improve the well being of the
				recipient family, such as participating in work activities
				or other provisions of the self sufficiency contract.
(A) What is an OWF assistance group?
(1) An OWF assistance group is defined as an
			 assistance group in which all members are receiving benefits under Title IV-A
			 of the Social Security Act. The penalties and sanctions that should be imposed
			 for these assistance groups are described in rules
			 5101:1-3-14
			 and
			 5101:1-3-15
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
			 Assistance groups in which not all members are receiving OWF shall be treated
			 in accordance with rules
			 5101:4-3-11,
			 5101:4-3-11.1, 5101:4-3-11.2 and
			 5101:4-3-19
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-11 - Food assistance: work registration and exemptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is work
			 registration?
Work registration is the process for identifying employable
				individuals who are applying for or are participating in the supplemental
				nutrition assistance program (SNAP). Individuals who are work registered must
				comply with the requirements described in rule
				5101:4-3-11.1 of the
				Administrative Code.
(B) Who
			 must be work registered for SNAP?
Unless an individual meets one of the following exemptions, the
				individual shall be registered for work and be required to comply with the work
				registration requirements described in rule
				5101:4-3-11.1 of the
				Administrative Code:
(1) A person
			 younger than sixteen years of age.
(a) A
			 sixteen- or seventeen-year-old participant who is not the assistance group name
			 as defined in rule
			 5101:4-1-03 of the
			 Administrative Code is exempt from work registration.
(b) A sixteen- or seventeen-year-old
			 participant who is the assistance group name and is attending school or
			 enrolled in an employment training program at least half time is exempt from
			 work registration.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-11.1 - Food assistance: work registration requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What are the
			 work registration requirements for work registered individuals?
Each individual required to register for work shall:
(1) Respond to a request for supplemental
			 information regarding employment status or availability for work;
(2) Report to an employer when referred by
			 the county agency unless the potential employment meets the unsuitability
			 criteria described in paragraph (E) of this rule;
(3) Accept a bona fide offer of suitable
			 employment when referred by the county agency;
(4) Continue suitable employment until it is
			 no longer considered suitable; the individual is terminated for reasons beyond
			 the individual's control; or the individual becomes exempt from work
			 registration; and
(5) Participate
			 in the appraisal process and the supplemental nutrition assistance program
			 (SNAP) employment and training program (SNAP E&T) in accordance with rule
			 5101: 4-3-29 of the Administrative Code, unless the individual is:
(a) Pregnant;
(b) Under eighteen or fifty years of age or
			 older;
(c) A parent (natural,
			 adoptive or step) of an assistance group member under age eighteen, even when
			 the assistance group member who is under eighteen is not eligible for SNAP
			 benefits; or
(d) Residing in an
			 assistance group where an assistance group member is under age eighteen, even
			 when the assistance group member who is under eighteen is not eligible for SNAP
			 benefits.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-11.2 - Food assistance: work registration sanctions and compliance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What happens
			 when an individual does not comply with a work registration requirement?
(1) When an individual fails or refuses to
			 meet the work registration requirements in rule
			 5101:4-3-11.1 of the
			 Administrative Code, the individual shall be sanctioned from participation in
			 the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) as follows:
(a) For a first failure or refusal, the
			 county agency shall sanction the individual by denying or terminating the
			 individual's eligibility to participate in the SNAP for a minimum of one
			 benefit month.
(b) For a second
			 failure or refusal, the county agency shall sanction the individual by denying
			 or terminating the individual's eligibility to participate in the SNAP for a
			 minimum of three benefit months.
(c) For the third or subsequent failure or
			 refusal, the county agency shall sanction the individual by denying or
			 terminating the individual's eligibility to participate in the SNAP for a
			 minimum of six benefit months.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-19 - Food assistance: voluntary quit and reduction of work effort

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Applicants or recipients who voluntarily quit employment or
				reduce work hours are ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition
				assistance program (SNAP) subject to the requirements of this rule.
(A) What is considered a voluntary job quit
			 or reduction of work?
(1) A voluntary job quit
			 is a situation in which an individual who is required to register for work, as
			 
									described in rule
			 5101:4-3-11
			 of the Administrative Code, has voluntarily quit a job of thirty hours or more
			 a week without a good cause; or when an employee of the federal, state or local
			 government participates in a strike against such government, and is dismissed
			 from his or her job because of participation in the strike.
(2) A reduction of work is a situation in
			 which an individual who is required to register for work, as
			 
									described in rule
			 5101:4-3-11
			 of the Administrative Code, has voluntarily reduced their work hours less than
			 thirty hours a week or to a level that results in earning less than the federal
			 minimum wage times thirty hours a week without good cause.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-20 - Food assistance: able-bodied adults without dependents

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Who is
			 considered an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD)?
(1) Every individual not exempt from work
			 registration in accordance with rule
			 5101:4-3-11
			 of the Administrative Code is an ABAWD and subject to the requirements of this
			 rule and rule 5101:4-3-20.1 of the Administrative Code unless the individual
			 is:
(a) Under eighteen or fifty years of age
			 or older;
(b) Pregnant;
(c) A parent (natural, adoptive, or step) of
			 an assistance group member under age eighteen, even when the assistance group
			 member who is under eighteen is not himself/herself eligible for supplemental
			 nutrition assistance program (SNAP); or
(d) Residing in an assistance group where an
			 assistance group member is under age eighteen, even when the assistance group
			 member who is under eighteen is not himself/herself eligible for
			 SNAP.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-20.1 - Food assistance: regaining eligibility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule describes the process for an able-bodied adult
				without dependents (ABAWD) to regain eligibility for the supplemental nutrition
				assistance program (SNAP) after reaching the ABAWD time-limit.
(A) What is the ABAWD time-limit?
In accordance with paragraph (C)(2) of rule
				5101:4-3-20 of the
				Administrative Code, an ABAWD is not eligible to participate in SNAP as a
				member of any assistance group when he or she has received SNAP benefits for
				three countable months during any thirty-six month period.
(B) How can an individual who has lost
			 eligibility due to the ABAWD time-limit regain eligibility?
An individual ineligible to participate
				in SNAP due to the ABAWD time-limit is to regain SNAP eligibility
				when:
(1) An individual
			 meets ABAWD exemption criteria as described in paragrah (A)
			 of rule
			 5101:4-3-20 of the
			 Administrative Code; or
(2)
									The county agency determines that
			 an individual during any thirty consecutive days has engaged in work or a work
			 program as described in rule
			 5101:4-3-20 of the
			 Administrative Code, for eighty hours.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-22 - Food assistance: nonfinancial eligibility standard-social security numbers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Is a social security number required for
			 participation?
Each assistance group member applying for participation or
				participating in the program is required to provide a social security number
				(SSN) or apply for one before certification. Individuals having more than one
				number are required to provide all numbers.
(B) What happens when an applicant or
			 recipient is unable to provide a SSN?
(1) Any
			 assistance group member required to provide a SSN who is unable to do so must
			 apply for one. To assist with applying the county agency shall:
(a) Complete a JFS 07355 "Notice of
			 Application for Social Security Number" ;
(b) Advise the
			 
										assistance group of the required verification for the
			 social security administration (SSA) when the 
										assistance group
			  requests information on what verification will need to be submitted to
			 the SSA office. The county agency shall provide information on what types of
			 verification are acceptable for age, identity and/or citizenship or alien
			 status (reference JFS 07355 for acceptable evidence); and
(c) Assist in routing the JFS 07355. The form
			 is completed in triplicate. The original and the first copy are given to the
			 
										assistance group to take to the SSA. The second copy
			 is retained in the assistance group's file as proof the notice was issued. The
			 SSA will complete the lower portion of the form and return the original to the
			 county agency. The SSA will return the form directly to the county agency
			 unless directed to do otherwise on a case-by-case basis.
			 
										Assistance groups should not routinely be allowed to
			 return the form to the county agency themselves except in unusual situations
			 when any delay in the return of the form may cause the assistance group undue
			 hardship. The SSA will send a social security card to the assistance group
			 member and, when any pending claims exist, the claims processor is notified of
			 the SSN. The county agency will be notified of the SSN by an alert from the SSA
			 when using the SSA's third party query system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-24 - Food assistance: good cause for failure to comply in providing a social security number

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								What happens when
			 an assistance group member refuses or fails to provide a social security
			 number (SSN) ?
(1)
									When an assistance group member refuses or fails to
			 provide his or her SSN, he or she, as an individual, is ineligible to
			 participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) unless they
			 provide good cause as described in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(2)
									The
			 disqualification applies to the individual for which the number is not provided
			 (including the child who is under eighteen whose parent has refused or failed
			 to cooperate for him or her) and not to the entire assistance
			 group.
(3)
									The earned or unearned income and resources of an
			 individual disqualified for failure to comply with this requirement is to be
			 treated as in accordance with rule
			 5101:4-6-13
			 of the Administrative Code. Prior notice requirements are to be followed before
			 the assistance group's benefit level can be decreased.
(4)
									The disqualified
			 assistance group member may become eligible upon providing the county agency
			 with an SSN.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-29 - Food assistance employment and training: case management

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is case
			 management?
The purpose of case management services is to determine the
				appropriate supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and
				training (E&T) components and activities based on the participant's needs
				and interests, to directly support an individual's participation in the SNAP
				E&T program, and to provide activities and resources that help the
				participant achieve program goals. Case management services can be provided
				in-person or virtually (i.e. any communication that does not happen in-person),
				and can include activities such as coordination with service providers, but is
				to include the following:
(1)
			 Comprehensive appraisals;
(2)
			 Individualized employability plans; and
(3) Ongoing progress monitoring.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-31 - Food assistance employment and training: required hours

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) How many hours
			 should a required participant in the supplemental nutrition assistance program
			 (SNAP) employment and training (E&T) program be assigned?
(1) Work experience program
			 and work-based learning: the maximum hours of
			 participation per month for the required participant assigned to a work
			 experience program or work-based learning program
			 assignment shall be in accordance with the Fair Labor
			 Standards Act (FLSA) (9/2019) and is the SNAP allotment amount divided by
			 the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is higher. When there are multiple
			 required participants in a given assistance group, the total hours of
			 participation shall be shared by all required participants. Whether the
			 participation requirement is being met by one or multiple assistance group
			 members, the total required hours of participation cannot exceed the total SNAP
			 benefit amount divided by the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is
			 higher.
(2) Education and training
			 assignments: a required participant shall be assigned to education and training
			 for the number of hours needed to complete the education and training
			 assignment.
(3) Supervised job
			 search assignments: at a minimum, a required participant's level of effort
			 shall be comparable to spending twelve hours a month making job
			 contacts.
(4)
									Job retention services: there is no minimum or maximum
			 required number of hours for a participant; however, a county agency is to make
			 a good faith effort to provide job retention services for at least thirty days
			 but no more than ninety days in accordance with rule 5101:4-3-39 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(5) Case management: at
			 a minimum, a required participant is to spend at least one hour in case
			 management services in accordance with rule
			 5101:4-3-29
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-32 - Food assistance employment and training: supportive services

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What are
			 supportive services?
(1)
									Supportive
			 services are participant reimbursements provided to assist a supplemental
			 nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T)
			 participant with completing their assignment. Supportive services may include,
			 but are not limited to, an expense allowance to cover the cost of
			 transportation and other work, training or education related expenses and
			 publicly funded child care.
(2)
									Supportive
			 services may also be offered as part of job retention services as described in
			 rule 5101:4-3-39 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-33 - Food assistance employment and training: supervised job search

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) What is
			 supervised job search?
Supervised job search is a supplemental nutrition assistance
				program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T) component
				that
				provides
									
									SNAP E&T participants
				 with activities that have a
				direct link to increasing employment opportunities for
				participants.
(B) What are
			 the requirements of supervised job search?
(1)
			 Supervised job search shall occur at county-approved locations
			 where
			 a participant's activities and participation time are able to be directly
			 supervised and tracked. County approved locations include any location deemed
			 suitable by the county agency where the participant has access to tools, and
			 materials needed to perform supervised job search.
(2) Supervised job search locations are not
			 limited to a physical building and may include virtual tools. Examples of
			 physical locations may include the Ohio means jobs centers operated by the
			 local workforce development board, resource rooms at the job and family
			 services office; whereas virtual tools may include the OhioMeansJobs.com
			 website, other websites, portals or web applications. Offering a variety of
			 locations and formats to best meet participant needs is encouraged and to the
			 extent possible, county agencies are to allow participants to choose their
			 preferred location.
(3)
			 Supervision, either remotely or in-person, is to be provided by skilled staff
			 who provide meaningful guidance and support with at least monthly check-ins.
			 Supervision and job search activities may occur at different times, and is to
			 be provided in such a way to best support the participant and may include
			 activities such as job search coaching, review of job search activities, and
			 guidance on how to best target participant job search activities.
(4) Supervised job search hourly requirements
			 are established by the county agency pursuant to the time limit described in
			 paragraph (D) of this rule and shall be assigned in accordance with rule
			 5101:4-3-31 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-34 - Food assistance employment and training: work experience program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The work experience program (WEP) is a supplemental nutrition
				assistance program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T)
				component that provides work experience and training
				for employable SNAP E&T participants, who are
				not otherwise able to obtain employment, to enhance their ability to secure
				unsubsidized employment. The SNAP E&T WEP component is
				equivalent to the federal definition of workfare in that participants perform
				work in a public service capacity (with a public or private nonprofit sponsor)
				as a condition of eligibility to receive their monthly allotment.
(A) What criteria shall the county agency
			 establish for WEP worksite sponsors?
(1)
			 Participants are not required to perform political, partisan, or electoral
			 activities.
(2) The worksite shall
			 meet all applicable federal, state and local health and safety standards, equal
			 employment opportunity (EEO) policies, fair labor standards, displacement
			 policies, and provide reasonable work conditions.
(3) The placement has not been developed in
			 response to, or in any way associated with, the existence of a strike, lockout,
			 or bona fide labor dispute, and does not violate any existing labor
			 agreement.
(4) A participant's
			 religious freedom shall not be violated nor is the participant compelled to do
			 work that promotes a religious doctrine or belief.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-34.1 - Food assistance: work experience program participation and overpayments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When an overissuance of supplemental nutrition assistance
				program (SNAP) benefits is discovered during a month(s) for individuals
				who have already completed a work experience program (WEP) activity, as
				described in rule
				5101:4-3-34
				of the Administrative Code, the county agency shall follow the claim recovery
				procedures specified in this rule.
(A)
			 What is the claim recovery procedure for an individual who performed the WEP
			 activity and is still subject to a WEP assignment at the time the claim is
			 created?
(1) The county agency shall
			 determine how many extra hours the individual worked as a result of the
			 improper benefit issuance. The individual shall be credited the extra hours
			 worked toward future WEP obligations.
(2) The county agency shall establish
			 and calculate a claim in accordance with Chapter 5101:4-8 of the Administrative
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:4 - Division of Food Stamps › Chapter 5101:4-3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Standards › Section 5101:4-3-35 - Food assistance employment and training: education and training activities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Education and training activities or job readiness training
				activities shall improve the basic skills and directly enhance the
				employability of the supplemental nutrition assistance
				program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T) participant.
(A) What types of education and training
			 activities may be provided to SNAP E&T participants?
(1) Basic education;
(2) Vocational education;
(3) Job readiness training
			 activities;
(4) Educational
			 programs including, but not limited to, courses or programs of study that are a
			 part of a program of career and technical education as defined in section three
			 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
			 (20 U.S.C.
			 2302); and
(5) Other programs or activities determined
			 by the county agency to expand the employability of the participant.