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achieve their employment goals. The WIOA Local Areas and SNAP E&T programs have worked together to co-enroll participants who are SNAP eligible. Joint process guides have been developed to ensure a seamless enrollment for the participant for all partners. Participants can receive a range of services and support to address any barriers they might have to participation. This type of collaboration ensures participants gain higher-paying jobs in in-demand fields. Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) - Nebraska’s VR Program provides a variety of services to people with disabilities, with the goal to prepare for, enter, or retain employment. By integrating services between both agencies, SNAP E&T can assist with providing employment services to participants with disabilities. VR provides specialized services to individuals with disabilities, such as counseling and assessments, to ensure they retain employment with the necessary resources. VR helps businesses recruit, train and retrain employees with disabilities. Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) - The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) helps individuals 55 or older return to work by placement in part-time work opportunities in non-profit agencies or public facilities. After acquiring current job skills and recent work experience, they are ready for an unsubsidized job. SCSEP helps eligible participants who will have gained the skills needed to return to the workforce and can transition into SNAP E&T once they’re ready to work full-time jobs. NEworks - Through NEworks, participants can gain support and access to education information and services. Videos, career projections, employer profiles, and labor market information are all available in each of the NEworks Job and Information Center libraries. SNAP E&T’s case management is done through NEworks as well as all NDOL programs and WIOA Title I. Job Corps - Job Corps is a tuition-free education and training program that connects teens and young adults, ages 16-24, with skills and educational opportunities to establish careers. Nebraska’s E&T Program and Job Corps collaborate to provide services to participants and reduce barriers. E&T provides education and training to align with labor market demands. Ignite Nebraska - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, SNAP E&T, and WIOA Title I have partnered together to provide individuals an OJT in a high-demand career that includes training and active employer engagement to understand the benefit cliff and how to set up an individual for long-term self-sufficiency. SNAP E&T is participating in TRANSFORM Nebraska, which is a collaborative effort between state agencies and other community stakeholders looking for effective ways to help reduce recidivism and increase the self-sufficiency of individuals transitioning out of correctional facilities. DHHS is collaborating with NDOLs Wagner-Peyser and WIOA Business Services teams to help facilitate SNAP E&T participant placements. In addition, the State SNAP E&T team and Workforce Coordinators began attending regional and local business, employer, and community meetings to promote hiring SNAP E&T participants and discuss business needs. SNAP E&T Third-Party Providers also have their own close-knit relationships with various business partners to help in the placement of SNAP E&T participants that each of the providers work with. Nebraska will continue to expand employer partnership and outreach through direct contact with employers as well as engaging with E&T Providers that have strong employer relationships already established in their communities. In addition, Nebraska is in the process of developing a business partnership team that will focus on increasing employer partnerships and building a network of employers. The partnerships will increase the opportunities available for SNAP E&T participants to be placed in jobs once they have completed the SNAP E&T components, in addition to expedited job placement due to the partnership created through this effort. MCC works with their local HUD office to coordinate referrals to the SNAP E&T program. 1/29/26, 9:15 AM State Plan NE FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-nefy26stateplan//index.html 12/159