(a) Boards shall ensure that SNAP E&T activities for ABAWDs are limited to participating in the following:
  (1) Services or activities under the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the Trade Act of 2002
  (2) Activities under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 USC §3111 et seq.)
  (3) Education and training, which may include:
    (A) vocational training as described in §813.31(2) of this subchapter; or
    (B) nonvocational education as described in §813.31(3) of this subchapter; and
  (4) Workfare activities that shall:
    (A) be designed to improve the employability of ABAWDs through actual employment experience or training, or both;
    (B) be unpaid job assignments based in the public or private nonprofit sectors;
    (C) have hourly requirements based on the ABAWD's monthly household SNAP allotment divided by the number of ABAWDs in the SNAP household, as provided by HHSC and then divided by the federal minimum wage; and
    (D) include a four-week job search period before placement in a workfare activity.
  (5) Work experience as described in §813.31(4) of this subchapter.
(b) Boards shall ensure that ABAWDs who are referred to a Workforce Solutions Office and subsequently become engaged in unsubsidized employment for at least 20 hours per week are not required to continue participation in SNAP E&T services because they have fulfilled their work requirement, as described in 7 USC §2015(o)(2)(A). Additionally, Boards shall ensure that HHSC is notified when ABAWDs obtain employment.
(c) An employment and training program for veterans operated by the US Department of Labor or the US Department of Veterans Affairs, as tracked by HHSC, is an allowable SNAP E&T activity for ABAWDs.

Source Note: The provisions of this §813.32 adopted to be effective September 3, 2001, 26 TexReg 6731; amended to be effective February 26, 2003, 28 TexReg 1657; amended to be effective March 29, 2005, 30 TexReg 1799; amended to be effective August 17, 2009, 34 TexReg 5589; amended to be effective October 26, 2020, 45 TexReg 7611; amended to be effective May 6, 2024, 49 TexReg 3013