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NON-EDUCATION, NON-WORK COMPONENT: JOB SEARCH TRAINING Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. Job Search Training enhances job readiness, through training or education of job skills required by an employer to provide an individual with the ability to obtain employment. Job readiness activities may include but are not limited to the following: • Job Skills assessment • Resume writing • Interviewing techniques • Soft skills classes (Such as: self-image development of appropriate work behavior and attitudes) This component centers on pre-employment training to remove barriers from employment to directly enhance the employability of participants. JST is a non-qualifying component. The participant will participate in a minimum average of 12 weekly hours of allowable SNAP E&T activities or 48 hours in a 30-day period not to exceed 120 hours in any one month. If an ABAWD is in both a qualifying and non-qualifying component, to maintain an ABAWD exemption due to E&T participation the participant will complete 80 hours in a 30-day period not to exceed 120 hours in any one month, and the majority of the 80 hours must be from qualifying component activities. 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. Need soft skill development and in order to prepare for participant’s continued job search. 1/29/26, 8:17 AM State Plan MT FY26 - Amendment 1 https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mtfy26stateplan//index.html 55/103