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Describe the process for screening during the reverse referral request process, including the staff involved. Individuals who are identified as potential SNAP E&T participants by a Venture V provider, a Displaced Homemaker Program provider, or a district provider are screened by district eligibility staff to ensure they meet the criteria to be referred to SNAP E&T. After the district determines a referral is appropriate, the individual is referred to the SNAP E&T program. After notification about the reverse referral is received from the SNAP E&T provider, individuals who are not in receipt of SNAP complete the application process to determine if they are eligible for SNAP. As part of the process the individual is screened for exemptions and if applicable informed of the SNAP work rules. Districts are strongly encouraged to use the LDSS-4826C Employment Requirements for SNAP Applicants and Recipients - Script for Eligibility Workers to deliver the oral explanation of work rules which includes a section specific to referrals and supportive services needs. For individuals who are already in receipt of SNAP at the time of reverse referral the worker screens for appropriateness based on local policy and discusses the participant’s supportive services needs and the necessary and reasonable supportive services that will be provided to accommodate the individual’s participation in the program. Are participants informed about participant reimbursements before the individual is referred to E&T by eligibility staff? Yes No How are participants informed about participant reimbursements? Each participant’s reimbursement needs are explored and documented as part of the oral explanation of work requirements. OTDA issued the LDSS-4826C Employment Requirements for SNAP Applicants and Recipients - Script for Eligibility Workers to assist district eligibility staff in informing SNAP households of their pertinent work rules. This tool includes a section prompting the worker to discuss participant reimbursement needs for each household member referred to E&T and spell out the district’s responsibility to pay or reimburse participants for the necessary and reasonable costs associated with participation in a SNAP E&T activity (e.g., transportation, childcare, personal safety items, and other reasonable required costs, such as tools, books, and uniforms). Additionally, the LDSS-4826C contains language to inform the household that if the district cannot provide supportive services needed for an individual who is required to participate in an assigned work activity, they will be excused from participating in the assignment. Districts that have opted not to use the LDSS-4826C have been notified that in cases where one or more household members are referred to engage in a SNAP E&T activity on a mandatory or voluntary basis, the case record must be notated to describe the eligibility worker’s discussion with the household as related to each participant’s supportive services needs and the necessary and reasonable supportive services provided by the district to accommodate each individual’s participation in the program. If the household contains at least one member who is a mandatory SNAP E&T participant, in addition to explaining the individual’s right to receive participant reimbursements for allowable expenses related to participation in SNAP E&T, the eligibility worker is required to notify the household of the local district’s responsibility to excuse the individual from the requirement to participate in mandatory SNAP E&T should their allowable expenses exceed what the district will reimburse. Information about the availability of participant reimbursements and the district’s responsibility to excuse a mandatory SNAP E&T participant from the requirement to participate in SNAP E&T if their allowable expenses related to participation in the program exceed what the district will reimburse is also included in the consolidated work notice. SNAP E&T participants whose participant reimbursement needs exceed the 1/29/26, 9:29 AM State Plan NY FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-nyfy26stateplan//index.html 27/312