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- Employment and Training Programs Under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Programs Authorized Under Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)))
- a. General RequirementsThe State agency must prepare and submit an Employment and Training (E&T) Plan to its appropriate Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional Office. The E&T Plan must be available for public inspection at the State agency headquarters. A State agency may include its plan for the SNAP E&T program in a Combined Plan under WIOA but will require FNS approval prior to implementation and must continue to make a copy of the plan available for public inspection. If a State includes SNAP E&T in a Combined Plan under WIOA, the State agency will detail the following for each year covered by the Combined Plan:
- a. General Requirements
a. 1. THE NATURE OF THE E&T COMPONENTS THE STATE AGENCY PLANS TO OFFER AND THE REASONS FOR SUCH COMPONENTS, INCLUDING COST INFORMATION. Page 279 THE METHODOLOGY FOR STATE AGENCY REIMBURSEMENT FOR EDUCATION COMPONENTS MUST BE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED;
Current Narrative:
The Department of Social Services, Family Support Division (FSD) administers SkillUP. The mission of the Department of Social Services is to maintain or improve the quality of life for Missouri citizens. The FSD’s mission is to maintain and strengthen Missouri families.
SkillUP is Missouri’s Employment and Training (E&T) program for Food Stamp recipients. SkillUP provides job search, job search training, education, skills training, intensive case management, and supportive services to Food Stamp recipients not participating in the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
The FSD has contracts or agreements with the Division of Workforce Development (DWD), the University of Missouri (MU) and the Missouri Community College Association (MCCA) to operate SkillUP. All of these partners utilize the Division of Workforce Development’s (DWD) case management system called MoJobs to serve SkillUP participants. Providers can easily identify potential SkillUP participants in MoJobs as FSD sends an interface to this system with all of the Volunteers/ABAWDs and case closures.
Note: While SkillUP is voluntary in Missouri, for the purposes of identifying Food Stamp recipients in MoJobs, they are displayed as Volunteers or ABAWDs.
All SkillUP participants must complete an intake process that is documented in MoJobs including: completing an initial skills assessment; receiving Labor Market Information (LMI) and beginning an Employment Plan.
SkillUP offers the following components:
• Staff Assisted Job Search
• Job Search Training
• Work-Based Learning
• Vocational Training
• Education
• Unsubsidized Employment
• In Kind Work
• Entrepreneurial Training
• Intensive Case Management
100% Funds: Cost Per Component
Public Consulting Group (PCG) completed a time study for the FSD in October 2015 in order to calculate the cost per component in which the DWD and MU may reasonably expense for each service deliverable. The FSD used the time study completed by PCG to determine cost per component for both DWD and MU.
To determine the cost per component and service (intensive case management and in—kind work) for the DWD, the FSD multiplied the hours given from the time study multiplied by the average state wage and added 10% for indirect costs. The FSD took the average state wage for DWD staff instead of the Kansas City rates to account for state variances.
To determine the cost per component for MU, the FSD multiplied the hours by the actual cost provided. This was done as this information was provided by MU and the total salary with indirect costs was taken into consideration. Below is the cost per component or service: https://jobs.mo.gov/files/mcsp16p192ajpg https://jobs.mo.gov/files/mcsp16p193ajpg DWD and MU will be reimbursed for actual training costs.