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NON-EDUCATION, NON-WORK COMPONENT: WORKFARE Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. This component offers work experience in the public sector to program participants, targeted to those who lack work experience or recent work experience. Upon initial assessment by the LDSS, participants are placed in public service entities, institutes of higher learning, Community Based Organizations (CBO) and Faith Based Organizations (FBO). Upon successful completion of the workfare assignment, skills obtained by the participant may lead to employment. When developing Workfare sites, the Third Party Partner must ensure that Workfare assignments provide the same benefits and working conditions provided to regular employees performing comparable hours. The participants in this component have limitations in the number of hours that they can participate. The work experience must not exceed the value of the monthly allotment divided by the higher of the applicable State or Federal minimum wage. Indicate the Target Population this component will serve. Select all that apply. ABAWDs Homeless Returning citizens (aka: ex-offenders) Single parents Students Those that reside in rural areas Underemployed Veterans Describe the criteria for participation. Include the skills, knowledge, or experience necessary for participation in the component. For example, literacy or numeracy levels, recent labor market attachment, computer literacy, etc. Must have the ability to work as Workfare Assignments require. Must be able to provide required documents to capture hours worked. Will this component be offered statewide? Yes No 1/29/26, 11:10 AM State Plan MD FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mdfy26stateplan//index.html 50/298