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positions, the four remaining SNAP E&T Navigator Limited Duration positions, and two of the SNAP E&T Navigator permanent positions. In addition, the SNAP E&T Team is also working to evaluate the impact of the SNAP E&T Navigators on participant engagement in services and the participant’s subsequent wages after completion. This in-depth analysis will be performed in FFY 2026, and the resulting data will be used to further evaluate the impact of these unique positions. • Oregon is committed to ensuring data collection and reporting is accurate and timely. The SNAP E&T Team has been, and will continue to, regularly meet with Oregon Employment Department Technicians to review the Quarterly 583 and Annual Report line items, ensuring all data is being tracked and reported accurately according to federal requirements. This is an ongoing process, and Oregon is continually working towards the ability to enhance reporting. • SNAP E&T DATA (Data and Technical Assistance) Grant: Oregon was awarded $1,499,309.00 to improve how data is collected, inputted, and used across the SNAP E&T program. In partnership with Oregon Employment Department and Seattle Jobs Initiative, the three-year data project is helping to address, identify, and remedy the difficulties to assess disparities in service delivery, enrollment, participation, and outcomes because there is a lack of consistency in program data. The project will result in a shared data culture, language alignment, and basic building blocks, including a data dictionary and business glossary, to build and implement an equity service action plan and strategies to better reach underserved communities. This will provide SNAP E&T and its partners the quantitative and qualitative data they need to identify equity gaps in service delivery and ways to close these gaps. • In FFY 2025, the SNAP E&T Team completed an additional in-depth analysis of each provider spending from FFY 2020 through FFY 2024 (excluding any years in which the provider did not have a SNAP E&T contract). By completing this additional analysis of spending, the team was able to provide targeted information to providers, prior to them completing the FFY 2026 SNAP E&T Provider Proposal. This way, each organization could perform an internal review of their spending habits and adjust their anticipated FFY 2026 budget and anticipated participant numbers, to better align with actuals. As a result of this in-depth analysis, Oregon’s FFY 2026 50% budget request was reduced when compared to the previous year. • State Determined Outcomes: Oregon continues to choose to track outcomes related to completion and wages for components anticipated to serve 100 or more participants. Oregon is committed to continually assessing the impact of SNAP E&T services on participant’s economic mobility and remains confident that all components, including educational components, can be measured in this manner because obtaining experience, job search support, and training or professional education/credentials in turn relates to employment and wage gains. Based on the data and information analyzed, Oregon will discuss these outcomes with SNAP E&T Providers, highlight those positive outcomes, and support providers in designing their services to focus on those high-impact service components. • To further assess the impact of SNAP E&T services, Oregon is working to obtain additional data regarding outcomes for individuals who engaged in SNAP E&T and their subsequent wages, when comparing their ABAWD status (ABAWD and ABAWD Exempt versus Non-ABAWD). This is an ongoing project in FFY 2026 to determine the levels of service engagement and how to modify services/programs to support individual’s needs and increase positive outcomes. • In FFY 2026, the SNAP E&T Team, in collaboration with OED, is working to enhance reporting and data availability for partners. OED has utilized their iMatchSkills system to develop what they call “STEP Stories,” showing the impact of services, trainings participants have engaged in, and other outcomes such as completion rates and credentials/certificates obtained. The agencies are collaborating to discuss development of SNAP E&T Stories using the available data, for all STEP Providers. Based on the data and information available in real-time, the SNAP E&T Team can collaborate with SNAP E&T Providers, highlight positive outcomes, and support providers in designing their services to focus on those high-impact service components. 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 7/378