California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - November 4, 2002

This ACIN provides questions and answers on topics such as the Able Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) work requirement exemption, overissuance requirements, and food stamp sanctions.

Answers to some of the questions in this ACIN are as follows:

" A statement from a chiropractor may verify the exemption from work registration for a person who is unfit for employment (MPP §63-407.21(b)).
" In a two-parent CalWORKs assistance unit, both parents may be sanctioned for failing to meet WTW participation requirements. Per MPP §§63-407.54 and .542, a food stamp sanction is also imposed on both parents unless one qualifies for a work exemption listed at MPP §63-407.21. One of the exemptions is to provide care for a dependent child under age six (MPP §63-407.21(d)). Only one parent may qualify for this exemption regardless of the number of children in the household.
" If an individual can verify that he/she has a physical or mental condition that is expected to last at least 30 days, he/she meets the work registration exemption listed at MPP §63-407.21(b). If the person becomes physically unfit in the middle of November and the unfitness continues through the middle of December, he/she would be exempt from work registration in both months.
" Voluntary job quit requirements at MPP §63-408 apply to an individual who causes himself to be fired because of misconduct. The employment must involve at least 20 hours a week of work or provide weekly earnings equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours.