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Summary

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.

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.

101073.01-Study of SNAP Time L
Populations and employment barriers: Public benefits recipients
101073.02-Study of SNAP Time L
Populations and employment barriers: Public benefits recipients
101073.03-Study of SNAP Time L
Populations and employment barriers: Public benefits recipients
101073.04-Study of SNAP Time L
Populations and employment barriers: Public benefits recipients, At least a high school diploma or equivalent

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Implementation details

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
33%
White, not Hispanic
61%
Another race
2%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
3%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

State(s) where implemented

AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Canada

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