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How does the State communicate to the SNAP participant about their rights to receive participant reimbursements? Select all that apply. Orally Electronic Forms Physical Forms Emails Text Messages Other How is information about the referral communicated to E&T providers, as applicable? Referrals are communicated through SPACES and, if necessary, via email. Human service zone eligibility workers will complete the appropriate Employment and Training Orientation Referral Notice in SPACES. BEST and NDWORKS case managers will receive the referral in their SPACES referral inbox. BEST and NDWORKS case managers monitor the SPACES referral inbox daily. SNAP participants are informed orally of the voluntary E&T program (BEST and NDWORKS) during their SNAP interview. Eligibility workers review federal exemptions and exclusions while screening participants for the E&T program. If the participant is interested in volunteering, the participant is referred to the appropriate program for their county of residence. Participants can volunteer for E&T at any time, not just when they apply and complete their interview. Eligibility workers manually generate the appropriate SNAP Employment & Training Orientation Referral Notice (based on which program the participant volunteers for). Referrals will go to the “Referral Inbox” in SPACES. E&T case managers are responsible for checking the referral inbox for new referrals daily at a minimum. BEST: The BEST Employment and Training Orientation Referral includes the date and time of the orientation, as well as the contact information of the assigned BEST case manager. The BEST orientation details may also be verbally given to participants if they are in person. NDWORKS: The NDWORKS Employment and Training Orientation Referral has contact information for the appropriate Community Options Regional office. NDWORKS case managers will reach out to the participant within 5 days to schedule orientation. How is information about the referral communicated within the State agency? Referrals for both BEST and NDWORKS are in SPACES. Once the appropriate Employment and Training Orientation Referral notice is generated for the participant it will load in the Referral Inbox for case managers to review and act upon. E&T case managers check the referral inbox daily, at a minimum. 1/29/26, 8:17 AM State Plan ND FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-northdakotafy26stateplan//index.html 22/71