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DSS has a partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware and will be adding Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County as a provider in FY26. These providers do not have access to the AWW system and coordinate with Career Team for participant referrals, reporting SNAP E&T activities and hours in the E&T subsystem, and communicating non-compliance with E&T requirements. Career Team enters all participation data from the providers into the AWW system weekly. Career Team and the other SNAP E&T providers communicate directly with one another by phone or email to coordinate services for E&T participants. Career Team provides orientation and case management services for all participants enrolled with a provider. The providers will refer their participants who are newly enrolled in SNAP E&T to Career Team to complete orientation. The providers and WIOA/Title I programs send weekly participation reports to Career Team with the activities, number of hours, and compliance status. Career Team enters this information into the AWW E&T subsystem. If a participant drops out or stops participating, this information is sent to Career Team so they can re-engage the participant and alert DSS of non-compliance. The SNAP E&T providers communicate with DSS for provider determinations. Provider determinations are often avoided because Career Team works with all participants to find the activity that best fits the participant’s needs and interests. Participants who would benefit from reassignment to a new activity will be referred back to Career Team. The Career Team case manager meets with the participant and reviews and revises the employment plan. The participant will then be assigned to a new component or activity. Career Team shares this new evaluation to DSS using case comments, which generates an alert to DSS eligibility staff for review. If Career Team believes that a participant is not suited for SNAP E&T activities or other activities are not available, this information and the reasons are entered into AWW case comments, and a system alert is sent to DSS eligibility staff. Eligibility staff will review the information and determine if the participant meets an exemption. The outcome of the decision is case commented, and an alert is generated to Career Team. If the participant is exempt, Career Team will disenroll the participant from SNAP E&T. The SNAP E&T Administrator may also provide input on provider determinations for more complex situations. The SNAP E&T Administrator holds monthly calls with each SNAP E&T provider to discuss performance, program updates, and E&T policy and procedure information. The SNAP E&T Administrator also conducts at least two monitoring visits per fiscal year to evaluate E&T service delivery, fiscal and program policies, and participant tracking and case files. The SNAP E&T providers must submit to DSS monthly participation data with each invoice. The invoices are checked against AWW to ensure only open SNAP participants are receiving E&T services and that costs comply with the provider’s contract and E&T policy. If the State uses a MIS system, describe the E&T related data that is tracked and stored in those systems (e.g. referrals, noncompliance with program requirements, provider determination, etc.), and whether the system(s) interact with each other. Delaware’s ASSIST Worker Web (AWW) eligibility system includes an integrated E&T subsystem. The eligibility and E&T systems interact, and SNAP cases are automatically updated to determine compliance with SNAP and ABAWD work requirements, time limits, and exemptions. Career Team, Delaware’s primary E&T vendor, has access to the AWW E&T system to add activity hours of SNAP participants. Career Team can also add case comments in AWW. All SNAP E&T referrals are sent through AWW to Career Team for SNAP recipients who choose to volunteer with E&T. Career Team assigns the referral to a case manager. If necessary, due to a system issue, manual E&T referrals can be sent to the DSS Policy and Program Development Unit’s resource mailbox to be forwarded to Career Team to enter into the E&T system. Career Team and DSS share information about participants' noncompliance and provider determinations in AWW via case comments and alerts. Describe the State agency’s process for monitoring E&T providers’ program and fiscal operations. Include plans for direct monitoring such as visits, as well as indirect monitoring such as reviewing program data, financial 1/28/26, 11:01 AM State Plan DE FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-defy26stateplan//index.html 17/96