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CONCILIATION PROCESS In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(3), State agencies have the option to offer a conciliation period to noncompliant E&T participants. The conciliation period provides mandatory E&T participants with an opportunity to comply before the State agency sends a notice of adverse action. The conciliation process is not a substitute for the determination of good cause when a client fails to comply. Does the State agency offer a conciliation process? Yes No Describe the conciliation process and include a reference (such as the URL) to State agency policy or directives. Monitoring Compliance with E&T Participation Requirements Districts must obtain information regarding an individual’s mandated participation and progress in a SNAP E&T component at appropriate intervals to ensure the individual is in compliance with program requirements. SNAP E&T providers must notify the district within 10 days if a mandatory SNAP E&T participant fails to comply with E&T requirements. Conciliation Process Recipients of TANF funded assistance or Safety Net Assistance who fail to comply with a PA work assignment are offered conciliation in accordance with State Social Services Law. A conciliation procedure is also used for SNAP recipients who are subject to SNAP work requirements and do not comply with assigned work requirements. SNAP recipients who fail to comply with an assigned work requirement, willfully and without good cause, have the opportunity to avoid a sanction by demonstrating compliance with an assigned work activity as part of the conciliation process. The conciliation process is initiated when the district is notified that an individual has refused or failed to comply with an assigned work requirement. A conciliation notice (LDSS-4230/4230A or local equivalent) is issued to notify the noncompliant individual of the opportunity to request conciliation to explain why they did not comply with the assigned work requirement and to provide documentation to support any claims of good cause or an exemption from work requirements. Districts are required to ensure that individuals are given the opportunity to provide an explanation and submit supporting documentation for the period of noncompliance (where requested) relative to any claim of good cause and that any information available to the district is taken into consideration when determining whether or not the individual’s conduct was willful and without good cause. The good cause determination is made on a case-by-case basis and must take into account the reasons provided by the individual, along with any other evidence in the district’s possession. In those instances, where the individual is subject to SNAP work requirements, the conciliation notice also informs the individual of the opportunity to avoid the SNAP sanction by demonstrating compliance with SNAP work requirements as assigned by the district. Policy guidance on the State’s conciliation process is outlined in 14-ADM-06 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Conciliation with Option to Avoid a SNAP Work Sanction through Demonstrated Compliance (https://otda.ny.gov/policy/directives/2014/ADM/14-ADM-06.pdf), 22-ADM-02 Determining Willfulness and Good Cause for Noncompliance with Employment Requirements (https://otda.ny.gov/policy/directives/2022/ADM/22-ADM-02.pdf), and 18 NYCRR 385.11. What is the length of the conciliation period? 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 36/312