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IDHS continues to find ways to improve integration and partnership with WIOA Title I and Title II services which strengthens potential engagement and outcomes with jobseekers. Our efforts are aimed at providing quality employment services to all Illinoisans through easily accessible technology and coordinated efforts with other service providers. Presently, referrals to WIOA are just a referral to an AJC and is not co- enrollment with SNAP E&T and WIOA services. This is mainly an outlet to get more people on SNAP access to more services. Through the new referral pilot IDHS hopes to better understand the outcomes and benefits of making referrals to SNAP customers to American Job Centers (AJCs). Is SNAP E&T included as a partner in the State's WIOA Combined Plan? Yes No Describe how the State agency is coordinating with TANF/GA programs, services, partners, and/or activities. Describe any TANF/GA special initiatives targeting specific populations and any actions taken to coordinate with these efforts. The Office of Workforce Development operates both the SNAP E&T and the TANF E&T programs as well as other state operated programs such as our state funded Tax Preparation Assistance program and Employment Barrier Reduction Fund. Within the Office of Workforce Development these Employment and Training and related programs are centralized for services directed at adults. It allows for cross program collaboration or referral to another program when appropriate. Some providers have both TANF E&T and SNAP E&T contracts. Describe how the State agency is coordinating its SNAP E&T program with any other Federal or State employment program (e.g. HUD, child support, re-entry, refugee services). The SNAP E&T program coordinates with services provided by: Local Workforce Investment Areas (LWIAs) and their providers, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) and continues to try to improve in doing so. The State will continue to work with the interagency workgroup to broaden the referrals and tracking of participants who use WIOA services or the Illinois Community College system, specifically for at risk ABAWD’s. Through monthly reporting, we also ask our providers if they make any referrals for other services in the course of serving participants in SNAP E&T. 1/28/26, 11:56 AM State Plan IL FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-ilfy26stateplan//index.html 9/268