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21-02 Version of 10.6 Appendix F: FSET Worker Time Frames

Time Frames Importance
1st of the month
  • Pull FSET enrollees detail report for expiring employment plans and/or schedule employment plan review appointments.
5th of the month
  • Update the “Work Requirement Met” field indicating the prior month’s participation.
6th of the month
  • Begin disenrolling individuals who are no longer eligible for FoodShare as of the end of the prior month.
No later than the 2nd Saturday of the month
  • Update the “Anticipated to Meet Work Requirement” field.
  • CARES Worker Web (CWW) pulls information from the “Work Requirement Met” field and uses it to update the FoodShare clock.
Adverse Action
  • CWW pulls information from the “Anticipated to Meet Work Requirement” field and uses it to update the FoodShare clock.
5 Business Days
  • An FSET participant should be contacted either by letter or telephone within five business days of the FSET agency receiving a referral.
10 Business Days
  • FSET initial appointments should be scheduled to occur within 10 business days from the date the referral is received (or effective date of FoodShare eligibility, if the referral is sent early).
  • Initial employment plan should be developed at initial appointments.
12 Calendar Days
  • Workers will be able to preview an appointment letter created within 12 calendar days of the actual appointment, and CWW will send the letter overnight (If letters are created within 13 days of the actual appointment, workers will be unable to view the letter, but the system will automatically send it 12 days before the appointment date).
2 Months
  • Non-ABAWDs and ABAWDs meeting the work requirement outside of FSET (non-TLB referrals) may be disenrolled from FSET if they have not participated in FSET for two months without agency contact.
  • FSET workers have up to two calendar months from the FoodShare eligibility end date to override a disenrollment.
90 Calendar Days
  • FSET participants may receive up to 90 days of job retention services after securing employment through FSET.
90 days
  • The longest duration of an ABAWD’s employment plan. ABAWD employment plans must be reviewed every three months, at minimum.
  • The number of time-limited benefits (TLBs) an ABAWD may receive without meeting the work requirement.
  • The number of additional months an ABAWD may earn after exhausting his or her three TLBs.
180 days
  • The longest duration of an FSET participant’s employment plan. Non-ABAWDs and ABAWDs with a non-TLB referral must have employment plans reviewed every six months, at minimum.
36 months
  • The duration of an ABAWD’s FoodShare clock.

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


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