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EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. EPEL is for non- or limited English-speaking individuals who need additional assistance in formal grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of spoken and written English to help advance their search and attainment of employment. EPEL is a 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. 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. If an ABAWD is in both a qualifying and non-qualifying component, 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. SNAP E&T participants may be referred for testing, counseling, and educational resources at public community colleges, adult education centers, state, or local agencies, online language learning or to programs which sponsor such activities. 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 66/103