State panel approves SNAP rule changes that raise ABAWD age and remove several federal exceptions
A legislative rules committee reviewed and approved Department of Human Services rules implementing recent federal SNAP changes, including raising the able-bodied-adults-without-dependents work requirement age and removing several exceptions; the rules were presented as required to align state policy with federal law.
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Mary Franklin, director of the Division of County Operations at the Arkansas Department of Human Services, told the committee the permanent rule implements changes in the federal law enacted this year and previously issued as an emergency rule. "Previously, the individuals that were subject to this work requirement were 18 to 54 and now that age limit is raised to age 64," Franklin said, describing the change to the able-bodied-adults-without-dependents (ABAWD) work requirement.
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