If you receive basic food, you are exempt from work registration and the requirements in chapter 388-444 WAC if you meet any one of the following conditions:

(1) Are age sixteen or seventeen, and:

(a) Not the head of household;

(b) Attend school; or

(c) Are enrolled at least half time (using the institutions definition) in an employment and training program under:

(i) The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA);

(ii) Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974; or

(iii) A state or local employment and training program.

(2) You are a student age eighteen or older enrolled at least half time as defined by the institution in:

(a) Any accredited school;

(b) A training program; or

(c) An institution of higher education. If you are enrolled in higher education, you must meet the requirements under WAC 388-482-0005 to be eligible for basic food benefits.

(3) You are an employed or self-employed person working at least thirty hours per week, or receiving weekly earnings equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty;

(4) You are complying with the work requirements of an employment and training program under temporary assistance for needy families (TANF);

(5) You receive unemployment compensation (UC) benefits or have an application pending for UC benefits;

(6) You are responsible to care for:

(a) A dependent child under age six; or

(b) ((An adult))A person with an incapacity that meets the requirements of WAC 388-310-0350 (1)(d)(i), (ii), (iv), and (v), except the person does not need to be related to you as stated in (1)(d)(v).

(7) You are physically or mentally unable to work as determined below:

(a) A DSHS SSI facilitator has assessed you as likely to be approved for SSI or other benefits and are required to apply for SSI or another type of federal disability benefit (such as railroad retirement or Social Security disability) and your SSI application status may be verified through either the SSI facilitator or state data exchange, or both;

(b) You have a severe and chronic mental, physical, emotional, or cognitive disability that prevents you from participating in work or work activities for at least thirty hours a week; or

(c) We verify your disability using documentation from DDA, DVR, HCS, MHD, or RSN, or by one of the medical or mental health professionals listed in WAC 388-310-0350(2).

(8) You regularly participate in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program as defined by the Food Stamp Act of 1977.

(1) An able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) is a person who:

(a) Is age eighteen through forty-nine; and

(b) Is fit for work and not exempted under WAC 388-444-0035((; and

(c) Does not receive food assistance in an assistance unit (AU) that includes a minor child (we will consider the AU to include a minor child even if the minor child is not eligible to receive food assistance))).

(2) If you are an ABAWD, you must participate in work activities under subsection (((4)))(3) of this section.

(3) ((Nonexempt ABAWDs who live outside of King County or on the Muckleshoot Tribal Reservation may continue to receive food assistance until December 31, 2019, even if they fail to participate in work-related activities.

(4))) A nonexempt ABAWD is not eligible to receive food assistance for more than three full months (which do not have to be consecutive months), not including any partial benefit months in a thirty-six month period, unless the ABAWD:

(a) Works an average of eighty hours per month, including:

(i) Work in exchange for money;

(ii) Work in exchange for goods or services ("in kind" work);

(iii) Unpaid work that is verified according to department requirements; or

(iv) Any combination of (a)(i) through (iii) of this subsection;

(b) Participates in one of the following work programs and is meeting the requirements of that work program:

(i) The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014;

(ii) Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974;

(iii) A state-approved employment and training program at least an average of eighty hours per month; or

(c) Participates in an unpaid work program as provided in WAC 388-444-0040.

Some people who receive basic food are exempt from able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) time limits and minimum work requirements. You are exempt from ABAWD time limits and work requirements under WAC 388-444-0030 if you meet any one or more of the following:

(1) You are exempt from work requirements under WAC 388-444-0010;

(2) You are under age eighteen or are age fifty or older;

(((2)))(3) You receive temporary or permanent disability benefits issued by a governmental or private source;

(((3)))(4) You are obviously mentally or physically unfit for employment as determined by the department; however, if the unfitness is not obvious, you must provide a statement that you are physically or mentally unfit for employment from a physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse practitioner, designated representative of the physician's office, licensed or certified psychologist, social worker, or any other medical personnel the department determines appropriate;

(((4)))(5) You are an adult in a basic food assistance unit that has a family member who is under the age of eighteen;

(((5)))(6) You are pregnant;

(((6)))(7) You live in an area approved as exempt by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); or

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

(12)))(8) You are eligible for one of the approved exemption slots under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) fifteen percent exemption rule((; or

(13) You are otherwise exempt from work requirements under WAC 388-444-0010)).