(Revised 10/01/10 ML3233)
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The 36 month time frame is established on a rolling calendar and is used for all non-exempt individuals.
36 Month Look Back Period
A worker must look back 36 months beginning with the month prior to the current month to determine if and when any ABAWD months were used.
Start Date
The 36-month rolling calendar begins for an individual with the first ABAWD month within the 36-month look back period. The 36-month rolling calendar progresses with each passing month and continues uninterrupted even while the individual is not participating. The 36-month rolling calendar was reset to start October 1, 2010 for all cases as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Examples:
- An individual applies on November 1, 2013 and is not exempt from the ABAWD provisions. The worker must look back from October 2013, 36 months (November 2010). The individual used the first ABAWD month in January 2011, therefore, January 2011 starts the 36-month period (rolling clock). The 36-month period would end December 2013.
If January 2011 was the only ABAWD month used, the 36-month period ends December 2013. The individual could be eligible for any two ABAWD months, November and December 2013.
If the individual received ABAWD months in October, November and December 2010, the 36-month period ends September 2013. The individual is not eligible for additional ABAWD months until November 2013. The worker would explore possible eligibility for the extended three-month benefit period.
- An individual applies March 1, 2011, and is not exempt from the ABAWD provisions. The individual received ABAWD months in October 2010, December 2010 and February 2011. The 36-month period starts October 2010 and ends September 2013.
The individual has already received three ABAWD months and is not eligible. The worker would have to explore possible eligibility for the extended three-month benefit period.
If the individual is not eligible for the extended three-month benefit period, the application must be denied.
This individual would be eligible for November 2013 when October 2011 drops off. If the individual applied in November, the application would be approved for November and closed as the individual is not eligible for December.
This individual would again be eligible for January 2014 when December 2010 drops off.
This individual would again be eligible for March 2014 when February 2011 drops off.
The individual has received three ABAWD months (November 2013, January 2014 and March 2014) for the new 36-month period from November 2013 -November 2016.
