8.5 Disenrollment

FSET disenrollment is completed on the Participant Summary page in the CWW FSET Tool. The primary reasons for disenrolling a participant from the FSET program include:

A participant met the work requirement by obtaining unsubsidized employment for 80 hours per month, has been verified to be an ABAWD with a non-TLB referral, and chooses not to participate in FSET. Disenrollment should not occur while a participant is receiving job retention services for a job obtained as a result of participating in FSET. A participant is eligible to receive up to 90 days of job retention services through FSET even if he or she is no longer eligible for FoodShare.

If an FSET participant loses FoodShare eligibility, the FSET agencies must not disenroll FoodShare ineligible participants until on or after the sixth (6th) day of the month following the month FoodShare closed. On the referral update, the effective date displays the date FoodShare eligibility ends. Disenrollment of a FoodShare ineligible participant must be completed no later than the last day of the month following the month FoodShare eligibility was lost and FoodShare closed. Information in CARES Worker Web (CWW) may show that FoodShare is scheduled to close because the FoodShare interview or other requirements were not completed prior to adverse action. FoodShare may reopen within the same month or the following month.
Non-ABAWDs and ABAWDs with a non-TLB referral type who have not participated in FSET for two months without agency contact. Non-participation is defined as a complete lack of contact from the participant to the FSET agency. Non-ABAWDs and ABAWDs with a non-TLB referral type who participate fewer than 12 hours per month are considered to be participating in the FSET program and should not be disenrolled without their consent. This disenrollment reason does not apply to ABAWDs with a TLB referral type.

Prior to disenrolling a non-ABAWD or an ABAWD with a non-TLB referral type for non-participation, the worker must attempt to make contact by letter or telephone to determine why the individual is not participating and to determine if the employment plan (EP) should be revised to include different services.

Non-ABAWDs or ABAWDs with a non-TLB referral type requests to end services. This disenrollment reason does not apply to ABAWDs with a TLB referral type.

Note

FoodShare will be systematically scheduled to close at adverse action when required action for a review or Six Month Report Form (SMRF) was pending action, including pending verification. If the member completes the necessary action to reopen FoodShare benefits, an updated referral will be sent to the FSET worker showing that the participant is again eligible.

This page last updated in Release Number: 21-01
Release Date: 03/29/2021
Effective Date: 03/29/2021