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SUMMARY OF PROGRAM Provide the vision and mission of the State E&T program. In addition, describe how your State agency's E&T program meets the purpose of E&T which is to: Increase the ability of SNAP participants to obtain regular employment Meet State or local workforce needs The District of Columbia’s Department of Human Services (DHS) Economic Security Administration (ESA) SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) program advances our agency’s mission to empower every District resident to reach their full potential by providing SNAP participants with meaningful connections to career pathways, economic assistance, case management, participant reimbursements, and supportive services. DHS’s SNAP E&T program offers an appealing and effective set of services that help participants achieve their career goals and improve their financial well-being. The District’s E&T program operates District-wide and is not county-administered. DHS tailors service delivery to all SNAP E&T participants through individualized customer assessment, routine case management and services in a broad range of SNAP E&T components. The District’s SNAP E&T program is voluntary, which allows the District to focus limited resources on customers that affirmatively want to engage and participate in these services, while also providing outreach for those who are not engaging. Services are currently delivered by both DHS full-time staff and 18 third-party providers. The District’s SNAP E&T program provides a broad range of services that are focused on placing SNAP participants into component activities that help participants build the skills needed to advance into regular employment with opportunity for upward mobility. Program funding helps fill significant gaps in available services under each component that helps address the unique barriers many participants face in a more comprehensive way. Funded programming also helps ensure more SNAP E&T participants can access high- quality services through both our internal staff and third-party grantees that prioritize services to our participants. The District’s SNAP E&T Program collaborates with broader workforce development partners to ensure that services are designed to meet the District’s workforce needs. DHS is an active member of the DC Workforce Investment Council (WIC), the District’s state and local level workforce development board, that identifies high-demand sectors and helps align workforce system partners to meet employer needs. SNAP E&T focuses on supporting the hiring needs of employers in the eight sectors of the local economy that account for a majority of all annual job openings and offer both entry-level and middle skill occupations that can be filled through 18 career pathways. The eight high-demand industry sectors currently identified by the WIC are: 1. Business Administration 2. Construction 3. Education 4. Healthcare 5. Hospitality, Retail, Tourism, and Entertainment 6. Information Technology 7. Security and Law Enforcement 8. Transportation, Infrastructure, and Utilities In addition to the WIC, DHS works closely with other workforce system partners and service providers, such as the District’s Department of Employment Service (DOES), to help connect District employers with SNAP E&T participants that are well prepared to fill their job openings. 1/28/26, 11:03 AM State Plan DC FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-dcfy26stateplan//index.html 3/179