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. 11. The relationship between the State agency and other organizations it plans to coordinate with for the provision of services, including organizations in the Statewide workforce development system, if available. Copies of contracts must be available for inspection;
Current Narrative:
DHS operates a regionalized, county-administered program. Regional service area boundaries correspond with the State’s eleven Workforce Development Areas (WDAs). FSET regionalization along WDA boundaries opens opportunities for collaboration and creates efficiencies in service delivery between FSET and other employment and training programs by taking advantage of the WDA’s unique expertise and pre-established relationships with local employers and businesses. Each region establishes formal (subcontractors, third-party partners, work experience, and workfare sites) and informal relationships with local organizations and businesses. Wisconsin’s FY2020 FSET State Plan that includes all subcontractors and third-party partners has been approved by FNS.
Each region contains at least one FSET office that is co-located at a Job Center of Wisconsin. When the FSET office is co-located at a Job Center, FSET participants have access to activities coordinated by the Job Center such as employer events, job fairs, and trainings. ABAWDs can meet their work requirement by participating in WIOA and other work programs. If an ABAWD is meeting the ABAWD work requirement through WIOA or another allowable work program, then the Income Maintenance (IM) worker (eligibility worker) notes this on the case. If an ABAWD is meeting the ABAWD work requirement through a combination of FSET participation and WIOA participation, FSET and WIOA staff collaborate to create employment plans, track participation hours, and avoid duplication of services. The FSET program and WIOA programs have formal agreements to share participant information.
In addition to the eleven FSET regions, the State contracts separately with eight Wisconsin Tribes including Bad River Tribe, Lac du Flambeau Tribe, Menominee Tribe, Oneida Tribe, Potawatomi Tribe, Red Cliff Tribe, Sokaogon Tribe, and Stockbridge Munsee Community to operate independent FSET programs. This allows Tribes the opportunity to provide their members with a choice in where they receive FSET services, either through their Tribal FSET provider or from the FSET service provider operating within the region in which they reside.