ABAWD Waived Areas

Certain areas of Massachusetts with higher rates of unemployment are exempt from the ABAWD work rules. Areas are exempt if they have unemployment rates of over 10 percent, or there are not enough jobs for the individuals living there. You are exempt from the ABAWD work rules if you live in one of these "waived areas."

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The 2024 ABAWD waiver map shows the current list of waived areas and is effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This information is subject to change.

Map of Massachusetts highlighting waived areas

Every city/town is waived in the following counties: Berkshire, Dukes, Hamden, and Nantucket.

The following cities/towns are outside the waived counties but are still waived areas:

CITY/TOWNZIP CODES
ABINGTON02351
ACUSHNET02745, 02743
ASHBURNHAM01430
ASSONET02702
ATHOL01331
ATTLEBORO02703
ATTLEBORO FALLS02763
AVON02322
BARNSTABLE02630
BARRE01005
BERKLEY02779
BERNARDSTON01346, 01337
BOURNE02532
BREWSTER02631
BROCKTON02302, 02304, 02301, 02303, 02305
BROOKFIELD01506
CARVER02330
CENTERVILLE02632
CHARLEMONT01339
CHATHAM02633
COTUIT02635
DARTMOUTH02714, 02747, 02748
DENNIS02638
DENNIS PORT02639
DIGHTON02715
DOUGLAS01516
DUDLEY01571
EAST BROOKFIELD01515
EAST DENNIS02641
EAST FREETOWN02717
EASTHAM02642
EASTON02334
FAIRHAVEN02719
FALL RIVER02721,02722, 02724, 02723, 02720
FALMOUTH02541, 02543, 02540
FITCHBURG01420
GARDNER01440, 01441
GLOUCESTER01931, 01930
HALIFAX02338
HANSON02341
HARWICH02645
HARWICH PORT02646
HOLBROOK02343
HUBBARDSTON01452
HYANNIS02601
KINGSTON02364
LAKEVILLE02347
LAWRENCE01842, 01843, 01840, 01841
LEICESTER01524
LEOMINSTER01453
LOWELL01851,01854, 01853, 01852,01850
LYNN01910, 01902, 01903, 01901, 01904, 01905
MANSFIELD02048
MARION02738
MARSTON MILLS02648
MASHPEE02649
MATTAPOISETT02739
METHEUN01844
MIDDLEBORO02346
NORTH ANDOVER01845
NORTH ATTLEBORO02760, 02763, 02761
NORTH DARTMOUTH02747
NEW BEDFORD02742, 02744, 02745, 02740, 02746, 02743, 02741
NEW BRAINTREE01531
NORTH DIGHTON02764
NORTH EASTON02357, 02356
NORTON02766
ORANGE01364, 01378
ORLEANS02653
OSTERVILLE02655
PAXTON01612
PETERSHAM01366
PHILLIPSTON01331
PLYMOUTH02360
PLYMPTON02367
PROVINCETOWN02657
RANDOLPH02368
RAYNHAM02767
RAYNHAM CENTER02768
REHOBOTH02769
REVERE02151
ROCHESTER02770
ROCKLAND02370
ROWE01367
ROYALSTON01368
RUTLAND01543
SOUTH ATTLEBORO02703
SOUTH DARTMOUTH02748
SALEM01971, 01970
SANDWICH02563
SAUGUS01906
SEEKONK02771
SOMERSET02726, 02725
SOUTH EASTON02375
SOUTHBRIDGE01550
SPENCER01562
STOUGHTON02072
STURBRIDGE01518, 01566
SWANSEA02777
TAUNTON02780, 02783
TEMPLETON01468
TRURO02666
WEST BRIDGEWATER02379
WAREHAM02571
WARREN01083
WEBSTER01570
WELLFLEET02667
WEST BARNSTABLE02668
WEST BROOKFIELD01585
WESTPORT02790
WESTPORT POINT02791
WEYMOUTH02191, 02189, 02190, 02188
WHITMAN02382
WINCHENDON01475
WORCESTER01604, 01612, 01601, 01607, 01608, 01610, 01603, 01609, 01615, 01654, 01606, 01614, 01605, 01602, 01655, 01613, 01653
YARMOUTH02664, 02673, 02675 

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