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• Participate in paid on the job training weekly for 36 weeks • Receive individual mentoring • Learn the skills needed to succeed in a work environment • Gain employment references This state plan budget funds a SNAP DTA Works Coordinator to support the growth of the program and the participation of an estimated 15 SNAP-only participants. This plan will be updated as additional details and timeframes are established. ONGOING PROVIDER RECRUITMENT The State will continue provider recruitment efforts throughout the fiscal year, targeting community colleges statewide and additional CBOs in areas where there are currently limited SNAP Path to Work opportunities or other program deficit areas. The State is especially interested in partnering with organizations with the capacity to offer E&T activity: • with the option of participating remotely to increase accessibility for those living in areas where there is limited public transportation • programs that meet the ABAWD work rules; and/or • with a focus on career-track training and employment pathways that address local workforce needs and participant interests. 100% funding has also been earmarked for seeding or expanding SNAP E&T programming in underserved geographic or other program areas and/or that meet the ABAWD work rules. New providers will be invited to begin participating in the program as is monetarily and programmatically feasible. This plan will be amended as necessary to accommodate the return of inactive providers, the addition of new provider partners and/or the expansion of SNAP Path to Work programming offered by existing provider organizations SNAP PATH TO WORK WEBSITE VENDOR CHANGE The SNAP Path to Work website is currently hosted and supported by the Marketing Communications Department at ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School (UMass Chan). UMass Chan will not be able to host and maintain the site after June of 2026 because they will be moving their websites to a new digital platform that will not be able to support all the existing functionality of the website. DTA will be procuring a new vendor to host and support the website, including the provider portal through which contracted providers submit and edit program descriptions, UMass Chan and DTA staff review and approve them, and online listings are created and managed. CLIENT VOICE DTA recognizes the importance of client voice in programming design, implementation and improvement. In FFY 2026, DTA plans to employ the following methods to learn from and improve the SNAP Path to Work participant experience. • Surveys-DTA plans to survey exiting visitors on the SNAP Path to Work website to learn their location, gauge their experience and determine what needs to be improved. • Focus groups regarding proposed changes to SNAP Path to Work programming • Employing client consultants to aid in the development of survey content, SNAP Path to Work marketing materials, and website content. The information gathered will help inform decisions about program expansion, provider recruitment efforts, marketing strategy, and use of funding allocations. Links: Boss Lady: https://www.bosslady.org/ Bristol Community College: https://bristolcc.edu/ Bunker Hill Community College: https://bhcc.edu/ Jamaica Plain Community Centers, Inc. (JPCC): https://www.jpadulted.org/ Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts, Inc.: https://jfswm.org/ Massachusetts Bay Community College: https://www.massbay.edu/ Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries: https://www.goodwillmass.org/ Pine Street Inn, Inc.: https://www.pinestreetinn.org/ Roxbury Community College: https://www.rcc.mass.edu/ SNAP Path to Work website: https://www.snappathtowork.org/ Highlight any changes from above that the State agency is making to the E&T program based on the prior year’s performance, for instance changes made as a result of E&T outcome and participation data. N/A 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 6/167