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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 5HOUSEHOLD COST OF BURDEN RELATED TO NEW INFORMATIONAL ACTIVITIESContinued ABAWD
written notice
List of employment and training services
Burden hours per occurrence 14
Hourly wage rate 15

.08
$7.25

0.2
$7.25

Total Annual Cost Federal and State shares, millions

$1.6

$0.8

While these changes are estimated to increase burden for State agencies and individuals, these changes are expected to provide important protections to individuals subject to the ABAWD time limit. The notice requirement will help ensure that these individuals are adequately informed of their responsibilities with respect to work requirements and of what steps they should take in order to comply with those requirements or if they believe they should be exempt from those requirements. The Department also notes that, in response to the COVID19
pandemic, States currently have flexibilities regarding certification periods that may reduce the frequency
of certification actions. In addition, as noted previously, the ABAWD time limit is temporarily and partially suspended. Therefore, actual burden on households may be lower than these estimates for the duration of the public health emergency.
Changes to Reporting Requirements The final rule modifies the required reporting elements in the quarterly E&T
Program Activity Report provided by State agencies to add four additional reporting elements to form FNS583, which State agencies must submit annually with the further quarter report.
These new reporting elements include 1 the number of SNAP participants
who are required to participate in E&T
mandatory participants; 2 of those in 1, the number who begin participation in an E&T program; 3 of those in 1, the number who begin participation in an E&T component; and 4 the number of participants who are determined ineligible for non-compliance. Reporting on these additional elements is expected to increase reporting burden on 17 State agencies that currently operate mandatory E&T programs. The Department will add four reporting elements to form FNS583, which State agencies must submit annually with the fourth quarter report. This additional burden is expected to be of minimal cost to State agencies.

TABLE 6COST OF STATE AGENCY BURDEN, NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
State Agency burden State agencies
Reports per year 4 additional elements
Hours per response
Hourly wage rate 16

17
1 51
$18.41

Total Annual Cost Federal and State shares

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Overall Impact on E&T Spending In addition to the 100 percent grant funding provided by the Federal government, most States spend their own funds on SNAP E&T services. This additional State E&T spending is matched by the Federal government and referred to as 5050 spending. While the rule provisions are expected to result in some additional cost to State agencies primarily related to case management and administrative burden, it is the Departments belief that States will use the following strategies as they modify their E&T programs in accordance with the statutory and regulatory changes:
In the first five years after implementation, the Department expects that most States will use 100

percent grant funding, including the increased funding provided through the 2018 Farm Bill, to pay for the required case management services.
The Department anticipates that changes to allowable components and activities, which may result in a higher cost per E&T participant, will initially be managed by adjusting the number of participants served through various components/activities rather than through investment of additional 5050
matching funds by State Agencies. State Agencies budgets are often less flexible for example, prohibitions on running a deficit or budgets that cover multiple years and may not permit immediate increases in State E&T spending. This is especially true currently due to the
COVID19 pandemic and the resulting need for States to redirect resources to public health activities.
Over the five year period covered by these estimates, the Department expects that some but not all States will increase their investment in 5050
matching funds to cover both the costs of case management services and to permit greater participation in new allowable activities and components that may show more success in moving individuals toward greater selfsufficiency.
In total, we estimate that these provisions of the rule will increase spending on E&T by $0 million in Fiscal Year FY 2020, and by $21 million over the five FYs 20202024. Costs would be
14 Estimates of occurrences per year are based on the expected number of SNAP ABAWD participants and work registrants in FY 2021. For more information on these estimates, please see the Paperwork Reduction Act section of this rule.

15 Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2019 Occupational and Wage Statistics for eligibility interviewers, government programs, available at https www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm.

16 Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2019 Occupational and Wage Statistics for Office and Administrative Support Workers, All other, available at https www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm.

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