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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. 16. The combined (Federal/State) State agency reimbursement rate for transportation costs and other expenses reasonably necessary and directly related to participation incurred by E&T participants. If the State agency proposes to provide different reimbursement amounts to account for varying levels of expenses, for instance for greater or lesser costs of transportation in different areas of the State, it must include them here.
Current Narrative:
The SNAP E&T providers incur the actual costs for services provided to all individuals in their programs. The costs that are associated with individuals who are eligible for SNAP E&T are reimbursed through the monthly invoice process. SNAP E&T conducts onsite monitoring visits with providers to ensure program compliance. During the monitoring visits the provider provides funding proof for participants in the form of billing statements for SNAP E&T participants and non- participants. This is compared to the costs invoiced by the provider.
SNAP E&T Providers use various methods of transportation for participants including services provided through contractual agreements with different agencies which is free and does not cost the participants any out of pocket expenses.
• Liberty’s Kitchen will provide monthly bus passes/tokens and Uber and Lyft services.
• Calcasieu Parish Police Jury (CPPJ) will ensure transportation is available in one of the following — through agreements with transportation providers in the area, public transit, share-a-ride, local taxi service, Uber/Lyft services, and mileage reimbursement.
• Goodwill Industries of Southeast Louisiana - will provide bus tokens/passes and fuel cards.
• Covenant House will provide bus tokens/passes.
• Reconcile New Orleans (Café Reconcile) will provide bus passes and gas reimbursement.
• HOPE Ministries will provide bus passes/tokens, and gas vouchers.
• Louisiana Green Corps will provide bus tokens/passes/mileage reimbursement.
• Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) will provide bus tokens .
• New Opportunities Vision Achievement (NOVA) will provide bus tokens and gas cards.
• Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) will provide bus passes and Uber/Lyft services.
• New Orleans Women and Children’s Shelter (NOWCS) will provide bus passes, gas cards, and Uber/Lyft services.
• Café Hope will provide Uber/Lyft services and bus passes.
• Family Promise of St. Tammany will provide gas cards.
• Louisiana Community and Technical College System will provide bus passes.
• New Orleans Career Center will provide bus passes.
• Operation Restoration will provide bus passes, taxi, and shared rides.
• New Orleans Family Justice will provide Uber/Lyft services.
• Operation Spark will provide bus passes and gas cards.
• Project Lazarus will provide public transportation and Uber/Lyft/Taxi services.
• Propel America will provide bus passes, gas cards, and Uber/Lyft/Taxi services.
• YouthForce NOLA will provide bus passes.
Dependent care expenses are in accordance with the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and based on local market rate surveys. The majority of the children are school age and do not require reimbursement.
• Covenant House, New Orleans Family Justice, Operation Restoration, and Hope Ministries has an on-site facility available for dependent care.
• Providers with caps: Goodwill cap is $600 monthly, Youth empowerment Project cap is $200 monthly, Café Hope cap is $750 monthly, and Operation Spark cap is $3,250 annually.
• New Orleans Career Center has a partnership with Kingsley House.
• New Orleans Women and Children’s Shelter, Liberty’s Kitchen, Café Reconcile, Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, Louisiana Green Corps, New Vision Opportunity Achievement, Center for Employment, Louisiana Community and Technical College System, Project Lazarus, Propel America, and YouthForce NOLA does not have a cap for childcare.
SNAP E&T Providers offer participant reimbursements such as transportation, childcare, uniforms, work and training tools, tuition, books, certifications, permanent documents, housing and utility allowance (only allowed twice and emergency based), personal hygiene (not ongoing but reasonable and necessary), permit and fees, background checks, clothing for job interviews, fingerprinting, training materials, course registration fees, and wifi (prepaid internet cards),etc. that are reasonable and necessary for successful participation in the SNAP E&T program.
The SNAP E&T Handbook, Quick Start Guide, and SNAP E&T Toolkit provides directions to SNAP E&T Providers regarding which costs are allowable and which costs may and may not be reimbursed.