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. 8. The method the State agency uses to count all work registrants as of the first day of the new fiscal year;
Current Narrative:
During SNAP eligibility application and review interviews, the last step of our Automated Client Eligibility System (ACES) is the Work Registration page. State eligibility workers must use all of the information they have gathered over the course of the interview (student status, employment history, disabilities, etc.) to make work registration decisions. State eligibility workers then enter in the work registration status for the client on this screen. The computer program will assist, suggesting specific codes if certain parameters in the case are met; for example if the client is a student or if they have a disability. State eligibility workers use the Work Registration desk aid to assist them in making a determination.
Outcome Reporting
Evaluation plan reports are provided to FNS annually. Reports provided to FNS contain the following information:
- The number and percentage of E&T participants and former participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after completion of participation in E&T;
- The number and percentage of E&T participants and former participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after completion of participation in E&T;
- The median quarterly earnings of all the E&T participants and former participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after completion of participation in E&T;
- The number and percentage of participants that completed a training, educational, work experience or an on-the-job training component; and
- The number of all E&T participants who:
- Are voluntary vs. mandatory participants
- Have received a high school degree (or GED) prior to being provided with E&T services
- Are Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs)
- Speak English as a second language
- Are male or female
- Are within each of the following age ranges: 16-17, 18-35, 36-49, 50-59, 60 or older and
- Activity Participation: Supervised job Search; Job Search Training; Basic Education; Vocational education; and Strategies for Success/Life Skills.
- The number and percentage of participants that received high school diploma or equivalency prior to participation in E&T.
Of the number and percentage of E&T participants to be reported in the first four measures above, a disaggregation of the number and percentage of those participants by the characteristics listed in a, b, and c. A participant may have more than one characteristic.
Data Match Processes and Cohort Definition
Washington’s employment data match is designed to capture employment outcomes from all service providers. A participant cohort is identified in each quarter, comprised of BFET clients who exited due to employment during the quarter. Each quarter’s cohort is tracked as a whole for four quarters after the initial quarter to measure employment and performance over time.
The participant cohort for the entered employment data match is identified through the eJAS system by the start date of the service component code. The cohort is defined as those participants exiting the program due to employment, within a given quarter, following the federal fiscal year. For example, if someone starts participating on November 1, 2023, he or she will become part of the first federal fiscal quarter cohort.
Each quarterly cohort is followed for four quarters and matched with Washington’s Employment Security Department’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) wage file and New Hire Directory (from ACES). If a participant in the cohort is employed on either file, he or she will be tallied and sorted by service component. The results of the data match report is reviewed quarterly along with the cohort’s employment median earnings. The department uses this information to measure contractors’ performance and program employment outcomes.
Washington provides annual reports to FNS WRO using the evaluation data match and implemented data share agreements with Employment Security Department and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. The available evaluation data continues to reflect strong program outcomes.