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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 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. 10. The method the State agency uses to prevent work registrants from being counted twice within a Federal fiscal year. If the State agency universally work registers all SNAP applicants, this method must specify how the State agency excludes those exempt from work registration under 7 C.F.R. §273.7(b)(1). If the State agency work registers nonexempt participants whenever a new application is submitted, this method must also specify how the State agency excludes those participants who may have already been registered within the past 12 months as specified under 7 C.F.R. §273.7(a)(1)(i);
Current Narrative:
DCFS uses a master list of participant information provided monthly by the providers and SNAP Works (SNAP E&T system), the electronic Unduplicated Count of Mandatory Work Registrants (MWR) Report and the Monthly Mandatory Work Registrants Report to ensure work registrants are not counted twice in a Federal Fiscal Year. Mandatory Work Registrants are screened during certification and recertification for exemptions to work registration requirements. DCFS’ eligibility system LITE uses work registration statuses to exempt work registrants from work registration requirements.
The eligibility worker at the local DCFS office is responsible for screening all SNAP applicants/recipients for exemption to work registration requirements by identifying the work registrant or ABAWDs statewide who would be subject to the SNAP time limit if there were not a statewide waiver. An ABAWD meets the ABAWD work requirement by fulfilling any of the following: working an average of at least 20 hours per week, participating in and complying with the requirements of any program under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), or any program under section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 for an average of at least 20 hours per week, or any combination of working and participating in a work program described above for an average of at least 20 hours per week.
If the household member is not exempt, the worker then instructs the household member to register for work with LWC by creating an active Helping Individuals Reach Employment (HiRE) account before the SNAP case is certified. A notice is provided to the household advising that in order to register for a HiRE account, the MWR must: Go online to the LWC website at www.louisianaworks.net or go to the local DCFS office and register by using a kiosk located at the office or go to a local LWC Business and Career Solutions Center and register. The account must be active at certification and recertification to be considered registered for work. Work registration status for all MWRs in the SNAP case must be verified by reviewing LITE (eligibility system). An automated interface is run to check the work registration of all MWRs in HiRE. The results are displayed in the Clearance Summary. The worker must review the Clearance Summary to determine if the MWR is registered for work with LWC. If the HiRE account information is not displayed in the Clearance Summary, the worker must use the On Demand LWC button to run the query.