Page 45

NON-EDUCATION, NON-WORK COMPONENT: JOB RETENTION Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. Job retention services help A-RESET participants who have secured employment through participation in an A-RESET component. The goals of job retention are to help the participant: • Do well in their job (achieve satisfactory performance), • Retain their job, and/or • Increase their earnings over time. JR must last for at least 30 days and no longer than 90 days. The 30-day minimum is dependent on client willingness to participate. The partner must demonstrate a good faith effort to provide thirty days of job retention services in instances when the participant refuses to participate. Examples of good faith efforts include: • Discussing and documenting the 30-day minimum requirement when the component starts • Outlining the steps to be taken for the first 30 days to maintain the job. • Making a reasonable number of attempts to contact the participant. Job retention is offered for a minimum of 30 days and up to 90 days. Participation in each component is tracked on monthly basis and is based on the start date of the component. The case manager or DHR tracks the start date of Job Retention component to verify that services are only provided for the minimum 30 days, no more than 90 days. Indicate the Target Population this component will serve. Select all that apply. ABAWDs Homeless Housing Authority residents Returning citizens (aka: ex-offenders) Single parents Those that reside in rural areas Underemployed 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. To participate, the individual must meet the following criteria: * Individuals must have started a job through their participation in another A-RESET component. 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 45/192