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Latest revision as of 21:06, 14 July 2025
This page provides information about work requirements for public assistance in Mississippi as of December 2024.
Work requirements for public assistance refer to conditions that require participation in employment-related activities to qualify for the assistance. These activities may include job searching, engaging in job training, volunteering, or working a specified number of hours each week.
Public assistance programs involve the division of responsibilities between the federal government and state governments. The federal government sets eligibility criteria, provides guidelines, and allocates funding for these programs, while states are responsible for administering them and, in some cases, have the authority to tailor the programs to meet local needs.
Ballotpedia has tracked work requirements in Mississippi related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), child care subsidies, Medicaid, and public housing. Click here to see work requirements for public assistance in other states.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Child care subsidies
Medicaid
Public housing
The following table outlines Mississippi's public assistance work requirements by type as of December 2024, including both state and federal requirements, as well as the options available to states for establishing or temporarily suspending work requirements.
| Mississippi work requirements for public assistance, by type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of public assistance | Mississippi requirements | Federal requirements | State options |
| SNAP | No waiver as of 2024 | 20 hours (general) | States can request and implement temporary waivers for the ABAWD work requirements. |
| Child care subsidy (CCDF) | 25 hours | Required, but undefined | States have the authority to set work requirements for child care subsidies. |
| Medicaid | None | None | States can apply for Section 1115 waivers to implement work requirements, but they must receive approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). |
| Public housing | None | Eight hours of community service | Public housing authorities must apply to the Moving to Work (MTW) Program to implement work requirements. |
Work requirements by type of public assistance
Click the tabs below to learn details about each public assistance program:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Child care subsidy (CCDF)
Medicaid
Public housing
Noteworthy events
- Mississippi bill to expand Medicaid with work requirements dies in negotiations (2024): A Medicaid expansion bill in Mississippi died in negotiations between the Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate, primarily over the inclusion of work requirements in the final version, resulting in its failure to pass before the session deadline on May 2, 2024.[13]
- The Mississippi House passed House Bill 1725 on February 28, 2024, with a bipartisan vote of 98-20. The bill would have required the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to apply for a waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to require eligible individuals to work 20 hours a week, be a full-time student, or enroll in a workforce training program. It would have expanded Medicaid coverage to households with incomes lower than 138% of the federal poverty line—approximately 200,000 Mississippians—even if CMS rejected the work requirement.[14]
- The Mississippi Senate passed the House Bill with amendments on March 28, 2024. The Senate version increased the work requirements to 120 hours per month and would have applied to households lower than 100% of the poverty line—thus not meeting the federal criteria for Medicaid expansion. This scaled-back version would have covered 40,000 individuals, while refusing $1 billion in federal Medicaid funds. The bill would also be repealed if CMS rejected the work requirement waiver.
See also
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements
- Medicaid work requirements
- Public housing work requirements
- Child care subsidy work requirements
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ USDA Food and Nutrition Service, "ABAWD Waivers," accessed January 31, 2024
- ↑ Mississippi Secretary of State, "Mississippi Department of Human Services Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual," accessed May 7, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 USDA, "SNAP Work Requirements," accessed May 16, 2023
- ↑ HHS, "SNAP ABAWD work requirements," accessed June 2, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025 - 2026)," July 4, 2025
- ↑ USDA Food and Nutrition Service, "ABAWD Waivers," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Mississippi Department of Human Services, "Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan For Mississippi: FFY 2022-2024", accessed May 7, 2025
- ↑ Urban Institute, Child care subsidies, accessed May 31, 2023
- ↑ HHS Child care, parental activities and reason for care, accessed May 31, 2023
- ↑ Child care aware, child care and development block grant, accessed May 31, 2023
- ↑ Social Security, Demonstration Projects, accessed May 15, 2023
- ↑ Mississippi Today, "From dummy bill to Hail Marys: How Mississippi’s Medicaid expansion efforts failed," accessed May 16, 2024
- ↑ Legiscan, "Mississippi House Bill 1725," accessed May 16, 2024
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