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How do your offered case management services support the participant in the E&T program and provide activities and resources that help the participant achieve program goals? Case management is an essential part of the success of Oregon’s SNAP E&T program. The support SNAP E&T participants receive builds relationships and trust that can have a lasting impact on the participant’s life. Case management must be provided with each SNAP E&T component. Case management includes guiding, motivating, and supporting job seekers by continually assessing their needs and challenges, identifying resources, and advising on career and training opportunities. Case management is completed no less than once per month. The case management meetings take place in-person or virtually, as determined jointly by the SNAP E&T participant and provider. SNAP E&T Navigators also provide case management for those participants they referred to a SNAP E&T Provider. This includes providing transportation support services to arrive at the initial appointment, following up on the referral, and monthly check-ins with the participant for approximately three months to discuss their goals and determine if another SNAP E&T Provider referral is needed. How does the SNAP State agency ensure the case management services offered do not act as an impediment to successful participation in E&T? SNAP E&T administrative processes are outlined in the SNAP E&T Provider Handbook which is updated and shared with SNAP E&T Providers every Federal Fiscal Year. Included in the Handbook is guidance specifically informing providers that case management must not act as an impediment to successful participation. SNAP E&T Providers must submit a SNAP E&T Provider Proposal every Federal Fiscal Year to become or continue being part of Oregon’s SNAP E&T Provider Network. The proposal outlines the process in which a SNAP E&T participant flows through a SNAP E&T Provider program from beginning to end. It also outlines all administrative processes for the four program requirements, orientation, assessment and case plan with case management that will be provided to all SNAP E&T participants a SNAP E&T Provider will onboard into their program. SNAP E&T Provider Proposals are extensively reviewed by the SNAP E&T Team, ensuring all provider case management activities outlined are targeted to meet the specific needs of the SNAP E&T participant’s case plan, do not create additional barriers for the SNAP E&T participant to engage in the E&T program, and are provided no less than one time per month. In the internal SNAP E&T Program and Fiscal Reviews of contracted providers the State conducts, there are questions included regarding case management. This allows the opportunity for the SNAP E&T Providers to outline their processes for case management and it offers the SNAP E&T Team to monitor compliance, and if needed request corrective action. 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 62/378