Yippee! The Food and Nutrition Service has approved a statewide waiver of the Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) work requirement. The waiver would last for a one-year period beginning October 1, 2008 and ending September 30, 2009. The ABAWD work requirement would be waived for all counties within California, unless a county declines to participate. Counties wanting to decline the waiver would need to get Board approval and send that to DSS before the end of November. [Download]