SNAP Time Limits for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) applied to people who are age 18-49 years, live in households without children, are not pregnant, and are not identified as unfit for work and implemented a restriction of 3 months of SNAP participation within a 36 month period for ABAWD who do not work or participating in a workfare program for at least 20 hours per week. This study tested the effect of SNAP Time Limits for ABAWD by comparing outcomes for SNAP participants in states before and after reinstatement of requirements following a period where states had received a waiver of the time limit requirements. SNAP Employment and Training programs vary by state in the usual services provided to SNAP participants, whether such services are mandatory or voluntary, and sanctions.
SNAP Time Limits for ABAWD was evaluated in Colorado, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.
SNAP Time Limits for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) applied to people who are age 18-49 years, live in households without children, are not pregnant, and are not identified as unfit for work and implemented a restriction of 3 months of SNAP participation within a 36 month period for ABAWD who do not work or participating in a workfare program for at least 20 hours per week.