Certain individuals can only receive SNAP for three months in a 3-year period if they do not meet specific work requirements. This is called the time limit.
The Food and Nutrition Act allows states to ask us to temporarily waive the time limit for individuals living in areas that have an unemployment rate of over 10%. Alaska and Hawaii can also request to temporarily waive the time limit for individuals living in areas with unemployment rates 1.5 times the national average. However, a time limit waiver does not waive the general SNAP work requirements.
FY 1997-1999
As required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, we post all available waiver materials to the public to increase waiver transparency. Documents prior to FY 2013 may only be available in part. This page contains time limit waiver materials for FY 1997-1999.
State Requests and Supporting Documents
Select a fiscal year (FY) to download all state requests and supporting documents for that year. Note: FY 1997 does not have any requests available for download.
FNA Response Documents
The following states have submitted waivers. Select a state name to see our response (approvals and denials) to state requests.
- Alabama
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (01/13/1999)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (02/19/1999)
- Alaska
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (03/13/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (04/05/1999)
- Arizona
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (03/06/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (04/23/1999)
- Arkansas
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (05/17/1999)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (12/10/1998)
- California
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (07/23/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (01/28/1999)
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (03/02/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (03/02/1999)
- Georgia
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (12/08/1997)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (11/04/1998)
- Hawaii
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (01/14/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (10/27/1998)
- Idaho
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (02/10/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (01/15/1999)
- Illinois
- Indiana
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (03/08/1999)
- Kentucky
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (04/28/1998)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (01/14/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (02/03/1999)
- Louisiana
- Maine
- FY 1997 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf)
- FY 1997 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (11/3/1997)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (10/1/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/22/1999)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (7/1/1999)
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/5/1998)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (8/12/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (1/28/1999)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/9/1999)
- Nebraska
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (5/6/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/20/1998)
- Nevada
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/12/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (5/26/1999)
- New Hampshire
- FY 1997 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (10/9/1998)
- New Jersey
- FY 1997 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (11/25/1996)
- FY 1997 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/20/1997)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (1/16/1998)
- New Mexico
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (4/23/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (4/22/1999)
- New York
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (2/19/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/12/1999)
- North Dakota
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/20/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/16/1999)
- Pennsylvania
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (6/7/1999)
- Modification (.pdf) (9/22/1999)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (6/7/1999)
- Rhode Island
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (12/22/1998)
- South Carolina
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (2/17/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (4/1/1999)
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (1/29/1999)
- Texas
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (10/3/1997)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (10/22/1998)
- Utah
- Vermont
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (4/28/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (4/14/1999)
- Virginia
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (6/24/1998)
- Washington
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (4/13/1998)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (3/4/1998)
- FY 1998 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (10/23/1997)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (11/4/1998)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (6/10/1999)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (8/27/1999)
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (4/16/1999)
- West Virginia
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (12/16/1998)
- Wyoming
- FY 1999 Waiver - FNA Response (.pdf) (61/1999)
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