ABAWD

AcronymDefinition
ABAWDAble Bodied Adults Without Dependents
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The Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) work requirement was a bipartisan initiative put in place during the Clinton Administration, but it seems states continue to exploit loopholes.
Davis Seeks More Information on 101 IL Counties Exempted from SNAP Work Requirements
While work-eligible adults must register for work in SNAP E&T, states currently have leeway to define their SNAP E&T programs as voluntary or mandatory except for a population known as able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) ages 18-49.
Weighing the Impacts: The Potential Positives and Negatives of Expanding Work Requirements Across Multiple Health and Human Services Programs
In recent years, the group that has been growing the most rapidly among those receiving food stamps has been able-bodied adults without dependents--known as ABAWDs in bureaucratic and policy circles.
Feds subsidize junk-food consumption, foster dependence
Such detailed information is critical when investigating ABAWD time limits and recertification intervals, which should affect exits at particular points in a spell.
Food stamp participation among adult-only households
The president's budget proposes a strict tightening, limiting the availability of ABAWD waivers to counties with an unemployment rate above 10 percent and saving 21.5 billion in costs over a 10-year period.
The Future of SNAP: CONTINUING TO BALANCE PROTECTION AND INCENTIVES
(8) We obtained information on administrative food stamp caseloads, Electronic Benefit Transfer measures, ABAWD waivers, and error rates from the U.S.
Food stamp caseloads over the business cycle
Since 1996, SNAP rules have held ABAWDs to this time limit.
United States : 13 Additional RI Communities to Lose Waiver and Impact SNAP ABAWDs
He praised the proposed rule for "creating a roadmap for states to more effectively engage ABAWDs in this booming economy."
USDA moves to tighten restrictions on food stamps
Several prominent researchers argue the need for greater research into low-income ABAWDs. (62) Low-income ABAWDs have less access to the safety net than other low-income groups, such as the elderly, disabled, and those raising children, and the challenges they face are less well understood than for other groups.
American Family Diaries: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY
This is an issue we took head-on in the House-passed farm bill, creating a roadmap for states to more effectively engage ABAWDs in this booming economy.
United States : Conaway Praises USDA Rule to Rein In SNAP Work Requirement Waivers
Opponents of the current restrictions on participation by able-bodied adults without children (ABAWDs), which bar eligibility after three months unless the individual meets a work-related test, contend that they should either be abolished as too punitive (and administratively complex) or eased.
Domestic nutrition assistance (72)
USDA made major strides in reigning in dependence on government assistance by beginning the rule making process to move more able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to self-sufficiency.
United States : Perdue Applauds USDAs 2018 Accomplishments
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