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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. 15. 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:
Participants are reimbursed for participation in E&T activities. If funding is not available, the state will exempt individuals from mandatory E&T participation during the screening process. Additionally, during the screening process, the eligibility worker will determine if transportation costs would exceed the allowable reimbursement amounts prior to making a referral to the E&T provider.
Transportation Participants use various methods of transportation including services provided through contractual agreements with different agencies which is free and does not cost the participants any out of pocket expenses.
LWC will reimburse LaJET participants $10.00 per activity up to a maximum of $210.00 for Job Search Training per participant, up to a maximum of $110.00 for Supervised Job Search, or up to a maximum of $330.00 for Education. • LWC will reimburse ABAWDs $10.00 per activity up to a maximum of $120. • Liberty’s Kitchen will provide monthly bus passes/tokens, Uber/Lyft services, and mileage reimbursement to participants. • 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. The maximum amount a participant can receive for transportation assistance is $150.00 per participant per fiscal year. • Goodwill Industries of Southeast Louisiana - will provide bus tickets as needed. • Covenant House has on-site transportation. • Reconcile New Orleans (Café Reconcile) will provide bus tokens as needed. • HOPE Ministries will provide bus passes, bus tokens, and mileage reimbursement. • Louisiana Green Corps will provide bus tokens and passes as needed. • Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) will provide bus tokens and bus passes as needed. • New Opportunities Vision Achievement (NOVA) will provide bus tokens and gas cards. • Louisiana Delta Community College (LDCC) will provide bus passes as needed. • United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) will provide bus passes, bus tokens, etc. • Cowen Institute will provide bus passes and mileage reimbursement. • 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, bus tokens, and Uber/Lyft services.
Child Care Dependent care expenses are for parents with children under the age of 12, or 13 and older and have a physical or mental disability. The majority of the children are school age and do not require reimbursement. • LWC will reimburse childcare costs for LaJET participants up to $200 per month for 2 months. Maximum per participant is $400. The state will exempt from mandatory E&T participation an individual who needschildcare reimbursement if funds are not available. There are no childcare reimbursements for ABAWDs. • Covenant House has an on-site facility available for dependent care. • United Way will reimburse childcare cost at $600.00 per participant per month. • Cowen Institute will reimburse at $200.00 per week per child. Liberty’s Kitchen has a Memorandum of Understanding with Love Center to provide childcare services. New Orleans Women and Children’s Shelter does not have a cap for childcare.
There are no non-LaJET, non-ABAWD mandatory E&T participants. Only non-ABAWDs would be offered LaJET services, so in the 60 parishes that are non-LaJET parishes, the only mandatory E&T participants are ABAWDs.
Other Costs necessary to participate in educational or job training activities such as uniforms, professional fees, clothing, equipment, and temporary housing assistance are reimbursed by Expanded SNAP E&T providers.
The LaJET Handbook and Expanded SNAP E&T Handbook provides directions to SNAP E&T service providers regarding which costs are allowable and which costs may and may not be reimbursed. Requests from SNAP E&T service providers for reimbursement paid to SNAP E&T participants are submitted monthly and through contract monitoring when invoices are submitted they are reviewed for allowable expenses. The LaJET Handbook and SNAP work requirements can be found in DCFS’ Policy Management System at www.dcfs.louisiana.gov.