PolicyEngine · daphnehanse11 · Jul 2, 2026 · Jul 2, 2026 · Jul 2, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/snap-abawd-ak-borough-waivers.added.md b/changelog.d/snap-abawd-ak-borough-waivers.added.md
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+Model Alaska borough-level SNAP ABAWD time limit waivers, waiving the work requirement time limit for residents of waived boroughs and census areas identified by county FIPS code.
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/work_requirements/abawd/waived_county_fips.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/work_requirements/abawd/waived_county_fips.yaml
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+# County FIPS codes of areas with an approved USDA FNS waiver of the SNAP
+# ABAWD time limit under 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4) and 7 CFR 273.24(f).
+#
+# From 2024-11-01 through 2025-10-31, FNS approved Alaska's request to waive
+# the ABAWD time limit in 29 boroughs and census areas — every Alaska
+# county-equivalent except the Municipality of Anchorage (FIPS 02020) — plus
+# the Eklutna Alaska Native Village Statistical Area, which lies within the
+# Anchorage municipality and is below county-level geography, so it is not
+# represented here.
+# From 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31, FNS approved Alaska's good faith
+# exemption waiver under P.L. 119-21 (OBBBA) section 10102, covering the same
+# 29 boroughs and census areas (all except the Municipality of Anchorage).
+# Waivers in effect before 2024-11-01 (in Alaska and elsewhere), and after
+# the documented 2026-10-31 Alaska approval end date, are not modeled.
+description: The Department of Agriculture waives the Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) time limit under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for residents of areas with these county FIPS codes.
+
+values:
+  2018-01-01:
+    []
+  2024-11-01:
+    - "02013" # Aleutians East Borough, AK
+    - "02016" # Aleutians West Census Area, AK
+    - "02050" # Bethel Census Area, AK
+    - "02060" # Bristol Bay Borough, AK
+    - "02063" # Chugach Census Area, AK
+    - "02066" # Copper River Census Area, AK
+    - "02068" # Denali Borough, AK
+    - "02070" # Dillingham Census Area, AK
+    - "02090" # Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
+    - "02100" # Haines Borough, AK
+    - "02105" # Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK
+    - "02110" # Juneau City and Borough, AK
+    - "02122" # Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
+    - "02130" # Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
+    - "02150" # Kodiak Island Borough, AK
+    - "02158" # Kusilvak Census Area, AK
+    - "02164" # Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK
+    - "02170" # Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
+    - "02180" # Nome Census Area, AK
+    - "02185" # North Slope Borough, AK
+    - "02188" # Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
+    - "02195" # Petersburg Borough, AK
+    - "02198" # Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK
+    - "02220" # Sitka City and Borough, AK
+    - "02230" # Skagway Municipality, AK
+    - "02240" # Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
+    - "02275" # Wrangell City and Borough, AK
+    - "02282" # Yakutat City and Borough, AK
+    - "02290" # Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK
+  2026-11-01:
+    []
+
+metadata:
+  label: SNAP ABAWD time limit waived county FIPS codes
+  period: month
+  unit: list
+  reference:
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4) - ABAWD Time Limit Waivers
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015#o_4
+    - title: 7 CFR 273.24(f) - Waivers
+      href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.24#f
+    - title: USDA FNS Alaska FY 2025 ABAWD Waiver Response (September 20, 2024)
+      href: https://www.fna.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource-files/ak-abawd-response-fy2025.pdf
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102 - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81
+    - title: USDA FNS ABAWD Waivers Implementation Memorandum (October 3, 2025)
+      href: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/obbb-ABAWD-Waivers-Implementation-Memo
+    - title: State of Alaska Department of Health, H.R. 1 - AK Impacts (good faith exemption waiver, November 1, 2025 - October 31, 2026)
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/en/education/hr-1-ak-impacts/
diff --git a/...cy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area.yaml b/...cy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area.yaml
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+# SNAP ABAWD area waivers — 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4), 7 CFR 273.24(f).
+# From 2024-11-01, FNS waived the ABAWD time limit in every Alaska
+# borough and census area except the Municipality of Anchorage
+# (FIPS 02020).
+
+- name: Case 1, post-HR1 AK resident of waived borough (Fairbanks North Star) meets ABAWD requirements via area waiver.
+  period: 2026-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr: 1
+    is_disabled: false
+    state_code: AK
+    county_fips: "02090"
+  output:
+    is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area: true
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: true
+
+- name: Case 2, post-HR1 AK resident of non-waived Municipality of Anchorage is subject to the time limit.
+  period: 2026-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr: 1
+    is_disabled: false
+    state_code: AK
+    county_fips: "02020"
+  output:
+    is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area: false
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: false
+
+- name: Case 3, post-HR1 lower-48 resident (Harris County, TX) is unaffected by the Alaska waiver.
+  period: 2026-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr: 1
+    is_disabled: false
+    state_code: TX
+    county_fips: "48201"
+  output:
+    is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area: false
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: false
+
+- name: Case 4, AK household without county geography falls back to no area waiver.
+  period: 2026-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr: 1
+    is_disabled: false
+    state_code: AK
+  output:
+    is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area: false
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: false
+
+- name: Case 5, pre-HR1 AK resident of waived census area (Bethel) meets ABAWD requirements via area waiver.
+  period: 2025-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr: 1
+    is_disabled: false
+    state_code: AK
+    county_fips: "02050"
+  output:
+    is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area: true
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: true
+
+- name: Case 6, after the Alaska waiver approval end date the area waiver no longer applies.
+  period: 2027-01
+  absolute_error_margin: 0.1
+  input:
+    age: 30
+    weekly_hours_worked_before_lsr: 1
+    is_disabled: false
+    state_code: AK
+    county_fips: "02090"
+  output:
+    is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area: false
+    meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements: false
diff --git a/..._us/variables/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area.py b/..._us/variables/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area.py
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+from policyengine_us.model_api import *
+
+
+class is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area(Variable):
+    value_type = bool
+    entity = Person
+    label = "Lives in an area with a waived SNAP ABAWD time limit"
+    definition_period = MONTH
+    reference = (
+        "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/2015#o_4",
+        "https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/273.24#f",
+        "https://www.fna.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource-files/ak-abawd-response-fy2025.pdf",
+    )
+    documentation = (
+        "Whether the person lives in an area where the USDA Food and "
+        "Nutrition Service has waived the SNAP ABAWD time limit under "
+        "7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4) and 7 CFR 273.24(f). Waived areas are "
+        "identified by county FIPS code. When a dataset does not include "
+        "county geography, county_fips defaults to an empty string and "
+        "this variable returns False, so no area waiver applies."
+    )
+
+    def formula(person, period, parameters):
+        p = parameters(period).gov.usda.snap.work_requirements.abawd
+        county_fips = person.household("county_fips", period.this_year)
+        return np.isin(county_fips, p.waived_county_fips)
diff --git a/...riables/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements.py b/...riables/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements.py
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         is_pregnant = person("is_pregnant", period)
         # (F)-(G) Indian, Urban Indian, or California Indian.
         is_indian_exempt = person("is_snap_abawd_indian_exempt", period)
+        # Area waiver — 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4), 7 CFR 273.24(f). The time limit
+        # is waived for residents of areas with an approved FNS waiver.
+        in_waived_area = person("is_in_snap_abawd_waived_area", period)
         # TODO: HI/AK delayed adoption (2025-11-01) to be handled
         # in a follow-up PR via state-level hr1_in_effect parameters.
         base_conditions = (
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             | exempt_parent
             | work_reg_exempt
             | is_pregnant
+            | in_waived_area
         )
         # Pre-HR1 exemptions: homeless, veteran
         is_homeless = person.household("is_homeless", period)
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		Model Alaska borough-level SNAP ABAWD time limit waivers, waiving the work requirement time limit for residents of waived boroughs and census areas identified by county FIPS code.