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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FNS 245 EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING (E&T)
3 Section 245 Change #17-2021 September 20, 2021 online job search tools. This component may combine job search activities with other training and support activities. B. Work Experience • Goal is to enable participants to move to regular employment. • Work assignments can be with private and/or for-profit companies. • Assignments may not replace the employment of a regularly employed individuals performing similar work for equal hours. • FNS household members volunteering in Work Experience must not be required to work more hours monthly than the total obtained by dividing the household’s monthly FNS allotment by minimum wage. • Depending on the amount of the household’s FNS allotment, mandatory E&T participants can be required to work up to 30 hours per week, and the individual’s total hours of participation in both work and non-work components is limited to 120 hours per month. • Work experience may include non-paid activities such as: o on-the-job training o pre-apprenticeship o apprenticeship placements • Viable work experience sites are those that have entered an agreement with the state DSS office C. Education Programs • Acceptable education activities are programs that establish a direct link to job readiness. Federal E&T funds cannot take the place of non-federal funds for existing educational services. Federal financial participation for operating education components may be authorized only for costs that exceed the normal cost of services provided to persons not participating in E&T. Programs include: o Adult Basic Education (ABE) o Basic Literacy o English as a Second Language (ESL)