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Describe the criteria for participation. Include the skills, knowledge, or experience necessary for participation in the component. For example, literacy or numeracy levels, recent labor market attachment, computer literacy, etc. Providers assess the interest and aptitudes of individuals 16 years of age and older during their comprehensive assessment. Referrals are based on employment plan goals, participant interests, willingness to participate, and minimum requirements of each individual training program. Indicate the geographic areas where this component is offered. County Name County Name County Name Anchorage Municipality Kenai Peninsula Borough Matanuska-Susitna Borough Projected Annual Participation. Projection should reflect a number of unduplicated individuals. 198 Estimated Annual Component Administrative Cost $765,013.00 Not supplanting. Describe how the State agency ensures that costs attributed to the E&T program are not supplanting funds used for other existing educational programs. All education components are cost allocated by the percentage of clients served who are receiving SNAP benefits and all funding is disclosed. All current costs are an estimate. Prior to clients being enrolled in specific training options, all providers will explore other training fund programs clients qualify for so the SNAP E&T funds would be used as last resort. Providers will explore and exhaust all other funding sources: Financial Aid, Pell, Tribal, Scholarship fund and any other potential source. Each client is required to be routed to the State of Alaska SNAP E&T program team for preapproval of the training and cost breakdown. Cost parity. Describe how the State agency ensures that costs charged to E&T do not exceed the costs charged for non-E&T participants. Across all providers, cost allocation is first factored into all personnel and operations expenses in percentage of time spent or percentage of space or cost directly related to employment and training. Additional cost allocation is factored at percentage of clients served who are receiving SNAP benefits (estimated for the year). All vocational training provided onsite is cost allocated this way. Vocational Training or educational training offered at an 1/27/26, 9:34 AM State Plan AK FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-akfy26stateplan//index.html 55/97