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NON-EDUCATION, NON-WORK COMPONENT: SUPERVISED JOB SEARCH Provide a summary of the State guidelines implementing supervised job search. New Hampshire’s Supervised Job Search component includes the following activities: assessment, case management, outreach (such as efforts to re-engage participants who have shown signs of disengaging from the program), case monitoring, documentation review, reimbursement authorizations, and resource referrals. Communication with participants is documented in the New HEIGHTS computer system or provider-specific case management system. New Hampshire’s SJS component enables case managers to get a comprehensive picture of a participant’s job-searching strengths and areas of need. Case managers review participant activity logs and provide qualitative and quantitative feedback to help improve participants' job search performance. Case managers provide participants with additional resources and referrals as they become available and when participants require assistance in better targeting their SJS activities to their stated goals. Program duration is dependent upon individual participation. If no contact is made for 90 days the participant is closed out of the SNAP E&T Program. New Hampshire uses a combination of physical and virtual/online resources for approved locations for SJS. Any job fair or job board hosted by a state agency partner, such as a job fair hosted by New Hampshire Employment Security or a job posting found on the New Hampshire Job Match System are considered acceptable locations for SJS activities. These locations are considered acceptable as they have already been vetted for quality control as part of their introduction into the State’s workforce development system. For third-party locations to be considered acceptable locations for SJS activities, they must meet at least one of the criteria below, this list is not exhaustive: • Creditable and/or industry-recognized job boards, such as Indeed.com or USAJOBS.gov. • Physical or online resource activity linked to a State workforce development partner, such as WIOA Adult/Youth or Vocational Rehabilitation. • Physical or online resources offered directly by an employer, e.g. an employer-run job board or employer- run recruiting event. Case managers will conduct periodic spot checks of activity logs to verify the accuracy of the information provided. Suspicious activity log entries such as repetitive copy-and-paste activities or inflated mileage and/or duration will also be verified. Successful completion of SJS is defined as an individual entering new employment while enrolled in SJS or accepting a position of higher pay/authority if already employed. Describe the direct path to employment. All participants are assessed at the time of enrollment. Case managers evaluate the participant's prior work experience, transferable skills, employability skills, financial literacy, digital literacy, and barriers to employment. This information enables case managers to address participant job search needs before beginning SJS. Continued case management and program outreach enable case managers to refine the SJS approach taken 1/29/26, 9:16 AM State Plan NH FY26 - Amendment 1 https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-nhfy26stateplan//index.html 48/59