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Specific provider criteria are available upon request. Will this component be offered statewide? Yes No Projected Annual Participation. Projection should reflect a number of unduplicated individuals. 5,613 Estimated Annual Component Administrative Cost $24,226,026.06 Not supplanting. Describe how the State agency ensures that costs attributed to the E&T program are not supplanting funds used for other existing educational programs. All SNAP E&T Contracted Providers attest “Education and Training Components being offered by the Contractor are not supplanting education services otherwise available to the SNAP E&T participant” in the following documents. • The annual SNAP E&T Provider Proposal, when selecting to provide any educational components. The attestation must be completed for each educational component provided. • The SNAP E&T Contract between ODHS and the Provider. • The SNAP E&T quarterly invoice. All SNAP E&T Providers, during the SNAP E&T Program Review, are asked to describe how they are not supplanting. Cost parity. Describe how the State agency ensures that costs charged to E&T do not exceed the costs charged for non-E&T participants. Guidance is provided in the Oregon SNAP E&T Provider Handbook: “There are specific rules regarding what can be charged to an E&T education component. Activities charged to E&T may not supplant non-federal funds for existing educational services and activities and E&T may not be charged more than what the general public would pay for the same service. There are also regulations pertaining to students enrolled in institutes of higher education and their eligibility for SNAP at 7 CFR 273.5.” As outlined in Oregon’s SNAP E&T Handbook, when approving tuition payments, “SNAP E&T providers must consider lower-cost alternatives. It is the program’s expectation that SNAP E&T providers and participants work collaboratively to seek alternative resources that are reasonably available to the participant in order to engage in activities. Tuition payments are allowable when they are reasonable, limited, necessary to perform E&T components and meets the additional criteria outlined below. All tuition payments must be related to their SNAP E&T case plan, 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 97/378