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Individuals with an ABAWD status may engage in WIOA services to meet their assigned work activities including but not limited to: - Work-Based Learning activities - Apprenticeships - Career/Technical Education Programs - On-The-Job Training - Integrated Education and Bridge Programs - Basic Education - English Language Acquisition To pledge, State agencies must have capacity to offer a qualifying activity to every ABAWD for every month they are in jeopardy of losing benefits beyond the 3-month time limit. What is the State agency's plan if more ABAWDs than expected choose to take advantage of the offer of a qualifying activity? For instance, how will the State agency ensure the availability of more slots? What steps has the State agency taken to guarantee a slot through agreements or other arrangements with providers? The ABAWD proposal completed by the Oregon Employment Department (OED) is constructed using the projected individuals with an ABAWD status for the federal fiscal year. This information is pulled out of the ONE system. Therefore, all individuals who are subject to the SNAP time limits who must complete the work activities have been accounted for. This means, OED has created a program to offer a qualifying activity for every at-risk ABAWD for every month they are at-risk. Services are leveraged for example, with WIOA title 1 or Oregon’s STEP providers, to ensure individualized opportunities are offered to every participant. QUESTION RESPONSE FIELD How many ABAWDs did you serve in E&T in the previous fiscal year? 0 Anticipated number of ABAWDs in the State 66,246 Anticipated number of ABAWDs in the State who meet the criteria under 7 CFR 273.7(d)(3)(i) 57,135 Number of ABAWDs subject to the criteria under 7 CFR 273.7(d)(3)(i) averaged monthly 4,761 1/29/26, 9:33 AM State Plan OR FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-orfy26stateplan//index.html 377/378