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PROGRAM CHANGES Summarize changes for the upcoming Federal fiscal year (FY) from the prior FY. Significant changes may include new initiatives, changes in funding or funding sources, policy changes, or significant changes to the number of partners or participants. Significant changes could include those made as a result of management evaluation findings or participation in program improvement initiatives, such as SNAP to Skills. It is not necessary to include changes made as a result of new Federal rulemaking. FNS Data Grant: The CDSS was awarded the Data and Technical Assistance grant in collaboration with the Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI) to establish the CalFresh E&T Equity and Effectiveness project. The project will provide CalFresh E&T with the data, processes, and training to advance equitable program access, participation, and outcomes. The key goals of this project are to: • Increase CalFresh E&T’s capacity to assess and advance program equity and effectiveness. • Improve CalFresh E&T’s use of data to make continuous, data-driven improvements to program equity and effectiveness. • Establish a framework, guidance, and resources to help CalFresh E&T counties and providers implement meaningful policy and operational changes to advance program equity and effectiveness. This project grant term ends September 30, 2025. However, the CDSS has submitted a 2 year No-Cost Extension request to FNS to allow for ample time to complete the project goals and deliverables. While the project team awaits a decision on the No-Cost Extension request, the project continues to work to assess the CalFresh E&T’s program landscape, identifying program strengths, opportunities for improvement, and recommendations to continue to promote data-driven improvements to advance program goals and metrics. Los Angeles County DPSS: For FFY 2026, the Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services (LA DPSS) is reimagining much of its CalFresh E&T program to better help participants gain skills and find careers that support economic mobility and stability. CalFresh E&T participants will have access to an individualized program with enhanced case management services that focus on engagement, coaching, and accountability, thus increasing participants' prospects for economic mobility. The program will be career-driven, preparing E&T participants for occupations in demand by local employers, including transportation, construction, land management, digital media and arts, retail, logistics, and the culinary industry. Building on the existing success of LA DPPS’s partnership with the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), services will continue to be offered by several sub-recipient providers with an anticipated reach of 13,304 participants in FFY 2026. Providers and services include: • Goodwill of Southern CA: Components: Supervised Job Search (SJS), Job Retention, and Work Experience- Subsidized Work-Based Learning (SWBL) • The Chrysalis Center: Components: SJS, Work Experience-SWBL, Job Retention • Downtown Women’s Center: Components: SJS, Education, Work Experience-SWBL • Conservation Corps of Long Beach: Components: SJS, Work Experience-SWBL, Job Retention • New Earth: Components: SJS, Education, Work Experience-SWBL, Job Retention • Los Angeles Conservation Corps: Components: SJS, Education, Work Experience-SWBL, Job Retention • Covenant House of California: Components: SJS, Job Retention, Education, Work Experience-WBL, Work Experience-SWBL • San Gabriel Valley Conservation Corps: Components: Supervised Job Search, Job Retention, Work Experience- SWBL Distinct from years past, LA DPSS will shift its longstanding focus on serving General Relief (GR) recipients who also receive CalFresh to a more inclusive focus on non-assistance CalFresh recipients. FFY 2026 will 1/28/26, 11:04 AM State Plan CA FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-cafy26stateplan//index.html 8/286