(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.
(4)(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.
(B) Are there limitations on the hours a
required participant can complete?
(1) The
total monthly hours of participation in a SNAP E&T program for any
assistance group member, together with any hours worked for compensation (in
cash or in kind), shall not exceed one hundred twenty.
(2) No participant shall be required to work
more than eight hours on any given day without his or her consent.
(3) An assignment to an activity shall not
interfere with an individual's hours of paid employment so long as this
employment is countable income pursuant to rule
5101:4-4-19
of the Administrative Code.
(4)
Hours spent in case management services are not to be the only hours spent
participating in the SNAP E&T program, however, these hours are to count
towards both the total monthly hours of participation in the SNAP E&T
program and the able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) work requirement
as described in rule
5101:4-3-20
of the Administrative Code. Individuals are to participate in both case
management and at least one or more SNAP E&T components.
(C) Can an individual not required
to participate in the SNAP E&T program volunteer to participate?
County agencies may allow volunteers to participate in the SNAP
E&T program. Individuals who are voluntarily
participating do not have a limit on how many hours they can participate in
education and training or supervised job search assignments. Individuals who
are voluntarily participating in a work experience program are subject to the
maximum hours of participation in accordance with paragraph (A) (1) of this
rule. County agencies shall not disqualify voluntary participants for
failure to comply with the SNAP E&T requirements. Individuals who are voluntarily participating
in:
(1)
Education and training or supervised job search do not have
a limit on how many hours they can participate;
(2)
A work experience
program are subject to the maximum hours of participation in accordance with
paragraph (A)(1) of this rule; or
(3)
A work-based
learning program and are being paid a wage at least equal to the higher of the
applicable federal or state minimum wage for all hours spent in the work-based
learning program, the FLSA restrictions described in paragraph (A)(1) of this
rule do not apply.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
5101:4-3-31
Effective:
6/16/2022
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/18/2026
Promulgated
Under:
119.03
Statutory Authority:
5101.54
Rule Amplifies:
5101.54,
5107.40,
5107.69
Prior Effective Dates: 03/01/1983, 08/01/1985, 03/01/1987,
12/01/1987 (Emer.), 02/15/1988, 06/30/1989 (Emer.), 09/23/1989, 04/02/1990,
11/01/1990, 04/01/1991, 07/01/1991, 10/01/1991, 05/01/1992, 11/01/1992,
09/01/1993, 02/01/1994 (Emer.), 04/15/1994, 12/01/1995 (Emer.), 02/19/1996,
07/01/1996 (Emer.), 09/29/1996, 10/01/1997 (Emer.), 12/01/1997 (Emer.),
01/08/1998, 01/20/2003, 12/29/2006 (Emer.), 01/08/2007, 10/01/2008 (Emer.),
12/18/2008, 02/01/2012, 07/01/2017, 11/01/2019,
11/18/2021