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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FNS 245 EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING (E&T)
1 Section 245 Change #17-2021 September 20, 2021 FNS 245 EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING (E&T) Change #17-2021 SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
245.00 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (E&T) WORK PROGRAM The purpose of the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Employment and Training (E&T) Program is to provide FNS recipients opportunities to gain skills, training or experience that will improve employment prospects and reduce the reliance on FNS benefits. Employment and Training counties are defined as counties that have an executed contract with the North Carolina Division of Social Services (DSS). Employment and Training Partners are agencies that contract directly with the NC DSS or Local Departments of Social Services to operate any portion of the E&T program. The term “partner” implies shared responsibilities in terms of the program’s operation and often with program financing. To participate in E&T, FNS recipients must meet the following requirements: • Be an eligible member of an active FNS unit • Be 16 years of age and older • Must have path to employment upon completion of program • A resident of a county that is operating an Employment and Training Program • Be an unemployed FNS recipients seeking employment • Be an underemployed FNS recipient that desire to gain better employment • FNS recipients who are exempt from Work Registration can volunteer if seeking employment Individuals who are ineligible to participate E&T Program are: • Work First Family Assistance (WFFA) applicants and recipients required to participate in employment services • Refugees receiving cash assistance while participating in a Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)