461-190-0310     Temporary Effective 01/25/21 through 07/23/21
Limits to the SNAP Training and Employment Program

  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:

    1.  16 years of age and older, and
    2. 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:

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

    2. 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.

    3. The individual may participate in a Workfare program under OAR 461-190-0500.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, 411.816
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.010, 411.816, 7 USC 2015, 7 USC 2029, 7 CFR 273.7, 7 CFR 273.24

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