Located in:
- 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 Requirements [27]
The 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:
[27] 7 CFR § 273.7(c)(6)
- a. General Requirements [27]
a. 1. The nature of the E&T components the State agency plans to offer and the reasons for such components, including cost information. The methodology for State agency reimbursement for education components must be specifically addressed. If a State agency plans to offer supervised job search in accordance with paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section, the State agency must also include in the E&T plan a summary of the State guidelines implementing supervised job search. This summary of the State guidelines, at a minimum, must describe: The criteria used by the State agency to approve locations for supervised job search, an explanation of why those criteria were chosen, and how the supervised job search component meets the requirements to directly supervise the activities of participants and track the timing and activities of participants;
Current Narrative:
| The SNAP Act of 1977, as mandated by the Food and Security Act of 1985, the Hunger Act of 1988, the Mickey Leland Domestic Hunger Relief Act of 1990, The Personal Responsibility and Reconciliation Act of 1996, The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Farm and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR 7.273) requires states to operate a SNAP Employment and Training Program. The Arkansas Department of Human Services is the agency responsible for the administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Arkansas’ E&T Program will serve all 75 counties, and 100% of the State’s work registrants including ABAWDs. The SNAP E&T Program is designed to assist at-risk, childless, able-bodied adults ages 18 through 49 and eligible volunteers to achieve sustainable wages. SNAP recipients who volunteer must not be TEA recipients or receiving unemployment benefits. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, providers will still offer in-person training that is consistent with social distancing guidelines, however, virtual options are available. Arkansas’ SNAP Employment and Training program is administered at the state level and is comprised of the following positions:
The SA has seven E&T providers that help to provide coverage to the entire state. FY22 E&T providers are:
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