Recalculation of Adjusted Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 15 Percent ABAWD Exemptions

7 CFR 273.24(h) requires the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to adjust the number of exemptions estimated for a State agency under paragraph (g)(2) of this section during a fiscal year if the number of food stamp recipients in the State varies from the State’s caseload by more than 10 percent, as estimated by FNS.

Our normal procedure is to conduct a mid-year review of States’ caseloads to determine if any had changes of more than 10 percent. There are 11 States that had their caseloads change by more than 10 percent and are now eligible for additional ABAWD case month exemptions (also commonly known as “slots”). This information is provided through the attached table.

Column 1 is the additional number of 15 percent exemptions resulting from changes in the 11 States’ caseloads. Column 2 is the monthly number of additional slots multiplied by 12 months. The 12-month total is added to the fiscal year (FY) 2005 total number 15 percent exemptions to obtain the final total number of 15 percent exemptions for the year. For example, Arkansas is now allocated 98 additional monthly case month exemptions due to changes in its caseload. In column 2, we multiplied 98 by 12 months to obtain the additional 1,176 case months granted for the rest of FY 2005 (98 x 12 = 1,176). We added 1,176 to 66,357 (the carryover case month total for FY 2005) to obtain a final total of 67,533 case months for the fiscal year (1,176 + 66,357 = 67,533).

It is up to each State to decide how they will allocate these additional case months to their ABAWD population over the remainder of FY 2005.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please call Patricia Maggi of my staff at 703-305-2468.

/s/

Patrick Waldron
Chief
Certification Policy Branch

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Last modified: 11/21/2008