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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 15 Rev. 4/2025 273.9. Therefore, districts and/or providers using SNAP E&T funds to support subsidized employment must be mindful that should the subsidized wages result in the household’s ineligibility for SNAP, the district or provider will need to use another funding source to support the subsidized employment placement. Referral of Individuals (Provider Determinations) Districts must inform their local SNAP E&T providers of the providers’ authority and responsibility to determine if an individual is not a good fit for a particular E&T component. Such determinations are referred to as provider determinations. E&T providers know best the skills and qualifications that will likely enable an individual to be successful in their programs. As such, providers have flexibility to establish the criteria used to make a provider determination. The provider may use any information available to make the determination. Districts are encouraged to work with providers to understand the skills and qualifications needed for E&T participants to be successful in the E&T components, and to thoroughly screen individuals prior to referral, in order to reduce the number of participants referred by the district to components where they are not likely to be successful. SNAP E&T providers have 10 days from the date of a provider determination to notify the district that a participant is not a good fit for a program. The notification must include the reason for the provider determination and may include input to the district on the most appropriate next step. If the provider is unable to provide the reason for the provider determination, the district should process the provider determination without the reason. Districts are required to notify a mandatory or voluntary E&T participant with a provider determination within 10 days of receiving the notification from the E&T provider. Districts may make such notification either verbally or in writing, but must, at a minimum, document when the notification occurs in the participant’s case file. The district must explain to the E&T participant, as applicable, what a provider determination is, the next steps the district will take as a result of the provider determination, and provide the district contact information. In the case of either a mandatory or voluntary E&T participant with a provider determination, the district must also notify the individual that they are not being sanctioned as a result of the provider determination. In the case of an ABAWD who has received a provider determination, districts implementing ABAWD requirements must also notify the ABAWD about the accrual of countable months. In particular, the district must notify the ABAWD that the ABAWD will accrue countable months toward their three-month participation time limit the next full benefit month after the month during which the district notifies the ABAWD of the provider determination, unless the ABAWD fulfills the work requirements in accordance with 7 CFR 273.24, or the ABAWD has good cause, lives in a waived area, or is otherwise exempt. Districts should refer to 18-ADM-07 for guidance on the requirement for districts that do not have a federally approved ABAWD waiver for all residents of the district to offer and provide a qualifying work or training opportunity to all