WAC 388-444-0035 When am I (abled-bodied adult with no dependents) exempt from ABAWD provisions.

Some food assistance household members are exempt from ABAWD provisions.  You are exempt from the ABAWD rules provided in 388-444-0030  if you are:

1. Under eighteen or fifty years of age or older; 

2. Determined to be physically or mentally unable to work;

3. A member of a household with responsibility for a person determined to be incapacitated;

4. An adult in a household that has a member who is under the age of eighteen, even when the child is an ineligible household member;

5. Pregnant;

6. Living in an area approved as exempt by U.S. Department of Agriculture;

7. Complying with the work requirements of an employment and training program under temporary assistance for needy families (TANF);

8. Applying for or receiving unemployment compensation;

9. Students enrolled at least half time as defined by the institution in:

   1. Any accredited school; or

   2. Training program; or

   3. Institution of higher education.  A student enrolled in higher education must follow the student criteria defined in chapter 388-482 WAC.

10. Participating in a chemical dependency treatment program;

11. Employed a minimum of thirty hours per week or receiving weekly earnings which equal the minimum hourly rate multiplied by thirty hours;

12. Eligible for one of the annual federal-approved exemption slots under what is called the fifteen percent exemption rule.