Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) can receive SNAP for only three months in a 3-year period if they do not meet certain work requirements. This is called the ABAWD time limit.
The Food and Nutrition Act allows states to ask FNS to temporarily waive the ABAWD time limit for areas that have an unemployment rate of over 10 percent or does not have a sufficient number of jobs. An ABAWD time limit waiver does not waive the general SNAP work requirements.
FY 2025-2029
As required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, FNS is providing available ABAWD waiver materials to the public to increase waiver transparency. Documents prior to FY 2013 may only be available in part. This webpage contains ABAWD waiver materials for FY 2025-29. FNS will update this page with new requests and responses on a quarterly basis.
State Requests and Supporting Documents
Select a fiscal year (FY) to download all state requests and supporting documents for that year.
FNS Response Documents
The following states have submitted waivers. Select a state name to see FNS' response (approvals and denials) to state requests.
- Alaska
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (9/20/2024)
- Arizona
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (9/12/2024)
- California
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (8/12/2024)
- Colorado
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (8/15/2024)
- Delaware
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (8/19/2024)
- District of Columbia
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (4/26/2024)
- Illinois
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (8/19/2024)
- Maine
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (9/13/2024)
- New Hampshire
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (9/3/2024)
- New Mexico
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (9/18/2024)
- South Dakota
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (8/12/2024)
- Wisconsin
- FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver - FNS Response (9/13/2024)