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PROVIDER DETERMINATIONS In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(18) a State agency must ensure that E&T providers are informed of their authority and responsibility to determine if an individual is ill-suited for a particular E&T component. Describe the process used by E&T providers to communicate provider determinations to the State agency. Career Team must notify DSS of a provider determination within ten days of the date the determination is made and inform DSS of the reason for the provider determination. DSS allows Career Team to move a participant from the initial component to another component where the individual is likely better suited without the State agency needing to act on the provider determination. Career Team informs DSS of the participant’s enrollment in a new component by entering information in the E&T system via case comments. DSS allows Career Team to use this option. The other E&T providers inform Career Team if a participant is not successfully completing their program for Career Team to perform outreach and reassess which component would be a better fit for the participant. DSS eligibility staff review case comments and will contact Career Team as needed to discuss the provider determinations. Describe how the State agency notifies clients of a provider determination. DSS will notify an E&T participant verbally or by telephone of a provider determination within ten days of receiving notification from Career Team and document the contact in the participant’s case file. DSS eligibility staff will review case comments from Career Team and refer individuals to an appropriate E&T component, as needed. DSS is implementing a letter to notify E&T participants of a provider determination in writing. In the notification, DSS explains the following: • The purpose of a provider determination. • The result of the provider determination and which action was taken by the State: 1. The individual is being referred to an appropriate E&T component; 2. The individual was reassessed and determined to be exempt; 3. The individual is being referred to an appropriate workforce partnership, if applicable; or 4. The individual is being referred to another work program or workforce partnership outside of SNAP E&T and is exempt. • That the individual is not being sanctioned as a result of the provider determination. • For ABAWDs: That countable months will accrue towards their three-month participation time limit the next full benefit month after the month during which the State agency notifies the ABAWD of the provider determination, unless the ABAWD fulfills the work requirements in accordance with 7 CFR 273.24, or the ABAWD has good cause, lives in a waived area, or is otherwise exempt. What is the timeframe for contacting clients after receiving a provider determination? 1-3 Days 4-7 Days 8-10 Days 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 37/96