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invoices, etc. Programmatic State DHR visits A-RESET counties, as well as partner sites, following the tri-year ME calendar to complete a programmatic review of client participation progress. During these county and partner visits, we collaborate to ensure staff’s understanding of the program’s operation and if any technical assistance or training is needed. During partner visits, we review participant eligibility, ensuring their eligibility status was verified; participant files, ensuring that verification and pertinent documents are copied and stored; reimbursement process, ensuring that expenses claimed were reasonable and necessary; service agreement provisions, program eligibility, which includes, clients consent forms, referral tracking forms, attendance and participation, updates, and any case notes to ensure compliance with the E&T program. DHR uses a monitoring review tool to monitor partners progress and ensure federal regulations and may monitor intermediaries and providers at any time. The onsite review will consist of an interview of program leadership and staff to discuss program policy and its implementation, review of case files to confirm participant eligibility and progress toward completing program goals, as well as review financial documents to assure reimbursements were correct and accurate Fiscal State DHR reviews all financial invoices to verify that expenditures are reasonable and necessary, that costs are allocated, that verification of expenditures are included, and that the funding sources are eligible funding sources. We also verify that the participants served were active SNAP recipients and enrolled in the A-RESET program. As part of our review, we verify that only those expenditures associated with eligible participants are included for reimbursement. This process is done each month with intermediaries, their subcontractors, and other direct contracted partners. Although intermediaries are responsible for reviewing invoices received from the subcontracted partners each month, fiscal, as well as programmatic, subcontractor reviews are still conducted by State staff to ensure they are in compliance. As a requirement, it is mandatory that staff conduct a partner site visit quarterly, to ensure compliance with A-RESET protocol. DHR uses a monitoring review tool to monitor partners progress and ensure federal regulations and may monitor intermediaries and providers at any time. The onsite review will consist of an interview of program leadership and staff to discuss program policy and its implementation, review of case files to confirm participant eligibility and progress toward completing program goals, as well as review financial documents to assure reimbursements were correct and accurate How frequently does the State agency monitor E&T providers’ program and fiscal operations? Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Bi-Annually Annually Other 1/27/26, 9:44 AM State Plan AL FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-alabamafy26stateplan//index.html 16/192