Revised March 16, 2020
Purpose:
When you are informed that a non-exempt Basic Food client has not complied with work requirements:
For Mandatory Work Registrants
For ABAWDs
NOTE:
03/16/2020
Recent updates from the Governor on the COVID-19 virus has resulted in the closure of schools and the limiting of large gatherings
Staff can grant Good Cause to any ABAWD client who is unable to participate in work-like activities due to COVID-19.
Workers must document this in the clients’ case.
Consider an ABAWD to have met the work requirement if they have a temporary absence from work that causes them to not meet the required hours of participation and they have not lost their job.
EXAMPLE:
Rita is an ABAWD who lives a remote area in a non waived county. She had a vehicle to get to her part time job, but it is in need of repairs and is not drivable. She calls to report that she will not be able to meet the required number of hours for ABAWD. The worker does not change the ABAWD Participation status but records the Good Cause decision in the case remarks and explains to Rita that Good Cause is limited. The worker refers Rita to an ABAWD Navigator in her area to explore options for aid to repair her vehicle.
EXAMPLE:
Sahar is an ABAWD who lives in a non-waived county. She is volunteering at a Workfare site in the next town over. She usually takes the bus to the location. There is a snow storm which has caused the buses to not run in her neighborhood. She does not feel safe walking to a farther bus stop. Sahar calls to report that she will not be able to meet her volunteer hours for that month. The worker does not change the ABAWD Participation status but records the Good Cause decision in the case remarks..
EXAMPLE:
Parker is an ABAWD who lives in a non-waived county. He reports that he is not going to be able to work for a few months because he has broken his leg. This is not a case of Good Cause, instead, the worker should evaluate Parker for a personal exception for being unable to work.