If you receive basic food, you are exempt from work
registration and the requirements in chapter 388-444 WAC if you meet any one of
the following conditions:
(1) Are age
sixteen or seventeen, and:
(a) Not the head of
household;
(b) Attend school;
or
(c) Are enrolled at least half
time (using the institutions definition) in an employment and training program
under:
(i) The Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA);
(ii) Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974;
or
(iii) A state or local
employment and training program.
(2) You are a student age eighteen or older
enrolled at least half time as defined by the institution in:
(a) Any accredited school;
(b) A training program; or
(c) An institution of higher education. If
you are enrolled in higher education, you must meet the requirements under WAC
388-482-0005 to be eligible for
basic food benefits.
(3)
You are an employed or self-employed person working at least thirty hours per
week, or receiving weekly earnings equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied
by thirty;
(4) You are complying
with the work requirements of an employment and training program under
temporary assistance for needy families (TANF);
(5) You receive unemployment compensation
(UC) benefits or have an application pending for UC benefits;
(6) You are responsible to care for:
(a) A dependent child under age six;
or
(b) A person with an incapacity
that meets the requirements of WAC
388-310-0350(1)(d)(i), (ii), (iv), and
(v), except the person does not need to be
related to you as stated in (1)(d)(v).
(7) You are physically or mentally unable to
work as determined below:
(a) A DSHS SSI
facilitator has assessed you as likely to be approved for SSI or other benefits
and are required to apply for SSI or another type of federal disability benefit
(such as railroad retirement or Social Security disability) and your SSI
application status may be verified through either the SSI facilitator or state
data exchange, or both;
(b) You
have a severe and chronic mental, physical, emotional, or cognitive disability
that prevents you from participating in work or work activities for at least
thirty hours a week; or
(c) We
verify your disability using documentation from DDA, DVR, HCS, MHD, or RSN, or
by one of the medical or mental health professionals listed in WAC
388-310-0350(2).
(8) You regularly participate in a
drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program as defined by
the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
(9) You
are not legally able to work due to your immigration status.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
388-444-0010
Amended by
WSR
13-24-043, filed 11/26/13, effective
1/1/2014
Amended by
WSR
16-04-046, Filed 1/27/2016, effective
2/27/2016
Amended by by
WSR
21-07-132, Filed 3/23/2021, effective
4/23/2021
Amended by
WSR
22-01-201, Filed 12/21/2021, effective
2/1/2022
Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.500,
74.04.515,
74.08.090,
74.08A.120,
74.08A.903, and 7 U.S.C. 2015
(d)(1); 7 C.F.R. § 273.7. 10-18-048, § 388-444-0010, filed 8/26/10,
effective 10/1/10. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057 and
74.08.090. 98-16-044, §
388-444-0010, filed 7/31/98, effective
9/1/98.