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ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS State agencies are required to include information on the organizational relationship between the units responsible for certification and the units operating the E&T components, including units of the statewide workforce development system, if available. For the purposes of the questions below, E&T providers are considered to include units of the statewide workforce development system. FNS is specifically interested in ensuring that the lines of communication are efficient and that, if applicable, noncompliance with mandatory E&T is reported to the certification unit within 10 working days after the noncompliance occurs, per 7 CFR 273.7(c)(4). State agencies must also include information on the relationship between the State agency and other organizations it plans to coordinate with for the provision of services. The following questions are about how the E&T program is structured in your State agency. Indicate which division within the SNAP State agency is responsible for the E&T program. (i.e. establishes E&T policy, contracts for E&T services, monitors providers). For example, explain if the E&T program unit is separate from the SNAP certification unit, and if there are separate E&T units at the county level. Ohio is a state-supervised, county-administered program, each county agency determines the structure of it's agency and their operational procedures. Each county agency is required to submit a SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) Plan to the state agency describing the county agency’s policies and procedures for administering a SNAP E&T program within their county. Ohio believes all unemployed ABAWDs need employment and training services and, therefore, are appropriate for referral to SNAP E&T once choosing to participate. Unemployed ABAWDs are the target population within Ohio. Ohio Benefits (Ohio’s statewide automated eligibility system aka OB) can determine a person’s ABAWD status based on information entered into the system. The screening tool within OB will advise the eligibility worker if the individual is within the statewide target population and appropriate for referral to SNAP E&T. This tool is completed by eligibility staff. Once an individual volunteers to participate in SNAP E&T and is found appropriate for referral, the SNAP E&T case managers assess the individual, determine their suitability for an activity and assigns the individual to the most appropriate SNAP E&T activity. How does the E&T unit coordinate and communicate on an ongoing basis with the units responsible for certification policy? Ohio is a state-supervised, county-administered program, each county agency determines the structure of their agency and their operational procedures. Each county agency is required to submit a SNAP Employment and Training Plan to the state agency describing their policies and procedures for administering a SNAP E&T program within their county. State staff review and approve all county plans to ensure compliance with SNAP E&T rules. The SNAP eligibility process is conducted by county agency eligibility workers where they will screen for exemptions from the general work requirements and ABAWD work requirements as well as appropriateness for referral to SNAP E&T. The most common set up for how coordination occurs between county eligibility and SNAP E&T staff are as follows: 1. Counties take a “total case management” approach where the eligibility worker is also the SNAP E&T worker. This worker will determine eligibility, screen for exemptions from the work requirements (both 1/29/26, 9:30 AM State Plan OH FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-ohfy26stateplan//index.html 18/121