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WORK EXPERIENCE COMPONENT: INTERNSHIP Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. An Internship is a professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work related to a participant's field of study or career interest. An internship gives a participant the opportunity for career exploration and development, and to learn new skills. All Internships must: • Improve the employability of someone • Make this improvement through actual work experience, or training, or both • Enable people to move promptly into regular or private employment • Contain a planned, structured learning experience that takes place in a workplace • Operate for a limited time • Is performed in private for-profit sector, the non-profit sector, or the public sector • Follows the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) if there is an employee/employer relationship Is this component subsidized by SNAP E&T? Subsidized Unsubsidized Both subsidized and unsubsidized 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. During the assessment and IEP, the provider determines if the participant is a good fit for an internship. Internship requirements vary, depending on the type of organization and industry. Interns may need a well- 1/29/26, 8:18 AM State Plan MO FY26 - Amendment 1 https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mofy26stateplan//index.html 70/226