Or. Admin. Code § 461-190-0310 - Limits to the SNAP Employment and Training Programs

(1) The OFSET Program ends for all individuals effective September 30, 2019.

(2) The SNAP Training and Employment Program (STEP) is available to individuals in the SNAP need group (see OAR 461-110-0630) who are:

(a) 16 years of age and older, and

(b) Not Job Opportunity and Basic Skills (JOBS) program eligible.

(3) For an ABAWD (see OAR 461-135-0520) residing in one of the SNAP time limit areas (see OAR 461-135-0520), the STEP components and activities must meet the following requirements:

(a) The case plan (see OAR 461-001-0020) may not require more than 20 hours of activities per week.

(b) Except for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (see OAR 461-001-0020) and Workfare (see OAR 461-190-0500), an individual may not be required to participate in job search (see OAR 461-001-0020) activities more than nine hours per week. The balance of the 20 hours per week must be in work-related or training (not job search) activities.

(c) The individual may participate in a Workfare program under OAR 461-190-0500.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 461-190-0310

AFS 80-1989, f. 12-21-89, cert. ef. 2-1-90; AFS 8-1992, f. & cert. ef. 4-1-92; AFS 9-1997, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-97; AFS 18-1998, f. & cert. ef. 10-2-98; AFS 25-2000, f. 9-29-00, cert. ef. 10-1-00; AFS 19-2001, f. 8-31-01, cert. ef. 9-1-01; AFS 13-2002, f. & cert. ef. 10-1-02; SSP 15-2006, f. 12-29-06, cert. ef. 1-1-07; SSP 15-2016, f. & cert. ef. 4/1/2016; SSP 35-2016, f. 9-30-16, cert. ef. 10/1/2016; SSP 22-2017, f. 9-8-17 & cert. ef. 10/1/2017; SSP 37-2018, temporary amend filed 12/07/2018, effective 01/01/2019 through 03/31/2019; SSP 7-2019, amend filed 03/11/2019, effective 4/1/2019; SSP 20-2019, amend filed 09/19/2019, effective 10/1/2019; SSP 44-2020, amend filed 12/22/2020, effective 1/1/2021; SSP 1-2021, temporary amend filed 01/22/2021, effective 1/25/2021 through 7/23/2021; SSP 26-2021, amend filed 03/24/2021, effective 4/1/2021

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 411.816 & ORS 409.050

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 411.816, 7 USC 2015, 7 USC 2029, 7 CFR 273.7, 7 CFR 273.24 & ORS 409.010