Wash. Admin. Code § 388-444-0055 - What are the penalties if I refuse or fail to meet basic food work requirements?
(1) If we
register you for work you must meet the work requirements under WAC
388-444-0005 or
388-444-0030 unless you have good
cause as defined in WAC
388-444-0050. If you do not
follow these rules, you will become an ineligible assistance unit member as
described under WAC
388-408-0035. The remaining
members of the assistance unit continue to be eligible for basic
food.
(2) If you do not meet basic
food work requirements and we find that you did not have good cause, you cannot
receive basic food for the following periods of time and until you meet program
requirements:
(a) For the first failure, one
month;
(b) For the second failure,
three months; and
(c) For the third
or subsequent failure, six months.
(3) If you become exempt under WAC
388-444-0010 and are otherwise
eligible, you may begin to receive basic food.
(4) If you do not comply with the work
requirements of the following programs, you cannot receive basic food unless
you meet one of the conditions described under WAC
388-444-0010:
(a) WorkFirst;
(b) Unemployment compensation;
(c) The refugee cash assistance
program.
(5) Within 10
days after learning of your refusal to participate in your program, we will
send you a notice that your basic food benefits will end unless you comply with
your program requirements.
(6) If
you do not comply within 10 days, you will be issued a notice disqualifying you
from receiving basic food until you comply with your program, or until you meet
the work registration disqualification requirements in subsection (2) of this
section.
(7) During the penalty
period, if you begin to participate in any of the programs listed in subsection
(4)(a) through (c) of this section or meet one of the conditions described
under WAC
388-444-0010, the work
registration disqualification also ends. If you are otherwise eligible, you may
begin to receive basic food effective the first of the month following the
change.
(8) After the penalty
period in subsection (2) of this section is over, and you meet work
requirements, and you are otherwise eligible, you may receive basic food:
(a) If you are alone in the assistance unit
and apply to reestablish eligibility; or
(b) If you are a member of an assistance
unit, you may resume receiving basic food.
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