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. 5. The estimated number of volunteers the State agency expects to place in E&T;
Current Narrative:
The State estimates about 21,792 work registrants who do not meet the ABAWD criteria to volunteer for the E&T Program. In January 2015 E&T was offered in 13 counties. As of October 1, 2018, Arkansas began offering all eligible SNAP recipients in all of our 75 counties an opportunity to participate in the Program, if they qualify.