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regarding their participation and progress in the SNAP Path to Work program for the duration of the PSI permission period or until they revoke access. How does the State communicate to the SNAP participant about their rights to receive participant reimbursements? Select all that apply. Orally Electronic Forms Physical Forms Emails Text Messages Other Explain the other methods the State uses to communicate to the SNAP participant about their rights to receive participant reimbursements. Participants are informed about the availability of participant reimbursements via program promotional material, DTA notices, during the provider screening process, and on an as needed basis throughout their participation in the program. The Consolidated Notice contains the following language: “SNAP Path to Work Free Job Training! If you get SNAP, you may qualify for free education and training to help you achieve your career goals. SNAP Path to Work participants may qualify for transportation support. If you need childcare to help you participate in Path to Work, you may qualify for childcare assistance. Learn more: SNAPPathToWork.org. For more information or a referral to a SNAP Path to Work activity, call 888-483-0255.” SNAP Path to Work participants’ need for program supports are identified and addressed by SNAP Path to Work providers on a case-by-case basis as part of the referral and assessment processes and as the need arises. Providers are required to complete an assessment with clients as part of the intake process. The assessment includes questions about potential barriers to program participation and/or employment, creating an opportunity to talk about provider and/or DTA issued reimbursements (called supports in MA). How is information about the referral communicated to E&T providers, as applicable? Reverse referrals originate with the providers who enter them on PATH. Once pending participants are formally referred to the E&T program, providers receive enrollment decisions as notifications within the PATH system and can also search for enrollments by client ID, enrollment status (pending/approved/denied), program, and/or other search criteria. On the rare occasions when a referral originates with DTA, an E&T Specialist will refer the client to a provider verbally or via secure email. Once the provider has communicated with the client and both parties have agreed to proceed with the enrollment, the provider submits the PSI and participation plan via PATH where it is addressed by SNAP E&T staff. More common than a formal referral from DTA, is that a prospective participant expresses interest in a program via the SNAP Path to Work website by filling out the Learn More About This Provider form (see below). After confirming that the person who completed the form is a potential SNAP Path to Work participant, a DTA SNAP E&T Specialist will share the entered information with the provider who will reach out to the client to explore possible program enrollment and initiate the reverse referral process if appropriate. How is information about the referral communicated within the State agency? DTA SNAP E&T Specialists staff can view enrollment and participation information for all provider organizations, not just those that they formally support. This allows them to fill in for one another as needed and to address calls to the SNAP E&T line regardless of the programs that callers are affiliated with. As PATH enrollment information does not automatically transfer to DTA's BEACON eligibility system, SNAP E&T Specialists will enter information about SNAP E&T enrollments on BEACON as needed as part of the approval process. For example, when approving an E&T placement for a SNAP recipient who is subject to the ABAWD Work rules, the Specialist will enter the participation on BEACON to ensure that the client receives credit for time spent in qualifying E&T activity and enter a narrative in the case record explaining what program the client is participating in and the program duration. Alternatively, were someone subject to the ABAWD rules enrolled in non-qualifying E&T activity, the narrative would explain why the activity is not qualifying. 1/29/26, 8:19 AM State Plan MA FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mafy26stateplan//index.html 34/167