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. 4. The categories and types of individuals the State agency intends to exempt from E&T participation, the estimated percentage of work registrants the State agency plans to exempt, and the frequency with which the State agency plans to reevaluate the validity of its exemptions;
Current Narrative:
- Missouri follows the federal exemptions allowed by FNS which include: under the age of 16 or over the age of 59; physically or mentally unfit for employment; subject to and complying with work requirements for other programs (i.e. TANF); caretaker for dependent child(ren) under age 6 or needed in the home to care for an incapacitated individual; receives unemployment compensation; participates in a drug or alcohol treatment program; employed 30 hours a week or more; a student enrolled at least half time.
- Estimated Number of Work Registrants Exempt from E&T: 61,000
- Validity of exemptions are reviewed a minimum of yearly.