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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. 6. The geographic areas covered and not covered by the E&T Plan and why, and the type and location of services to be offered;
Current Narrative:
The agency’s goal is to serve as many mandatory work registrants as possible. After careful analysis of available 100% Employment & Training Funds and consideration of the prevailing environment, it has been determined that the program will best serve our clients if services are provided in a limited geographic area to non-Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (non-ABAWDs).
The geographic limitation is expected to provide optimum opportunity to utilize available federal and state funds in a responsible, practical and productive manner. Therefore, the LaJET program will be operated in parishes of Caddo, Ouachita, Rapides, and Orleans. These are urban areas where with a history of being LaJET parishes. The Louisiana Workforce Commission will provide the employment and training services to the LaJET parishes. The services are job search training and supervised job search. Only non-ABAWDs are offered LaJET services since ABAWDs are being provided services statewide through LWC.
Louisiana partners with LWC to offer Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) assessment and training through LWC’s Business and Career Solutions Centers statewide (59 locations). ABAWDs in parishes without LaJET are required to participate in LWC services. Non-ABAWDs are exempt from mandatory participation.
Louisiana has fourteen contracted partners which provide Expanded SNAP E&T services to SNAP recipients. • Liberty's Kitchen serves youth in the Greater New Orleans area. • The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury (CPPJ) Human Services Department offers services for residents of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis Parishes. • Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana (GWSELA) – Goodwill Technical College offers services to individuals in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. • Covenant House serves youth in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. • Reconcile New Orleans (Café Reconcile) serves youth in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. • HOPE Ministries offers services for residents in East Baton Rouge Parish. • Louisiana Green Corps offers services for residents in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. • Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) serves youth in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. • New Opportunities Vision Achievement (NOVA) offers services to residents in Ouachita, Richland, Morehouse, Madison, East Carroll, and West Carroll Parishes. • Louisiana Delta Community College (LDCC) offers services for residents in Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Ouachita, Morehouse, East Carroll, West Carroll, Richland, Franklin, Tensas, and Madison Parishes. • United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) subcontractors offer services for residents in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, and Washington Parishes. • Cowen Institute serves youth in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. • Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) offers services to residents in Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Tammany Parishes. • New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter offers services to residents in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area.