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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. On the state level, the Bureau of Employment Programs (BEP), in the Office of Income Maintenance (OIM), is responsible for administering the Road to Economic Mobility through Employment and Training (RESET) which is the state’s TANF E&T and the SNAP E&T programs. The SNAP E&T Policy Unit within BEP is responsible for establishing SNAP E&T policy as well as establishing grant agreements with new SNAP JETS partners and monitoring and providing technical assistance to existing SNAP JETS partners. In addition, the SNAP E&T Policy Unit is responsible for addressing policy and programmatic inquiries from the CAOs that are responsible for referring participants to an E&T contracted program and determining participants’ eligibility for Special Allowances (SPALs). The Education and Youth Opportunities (EYO) Unit within BEP is responsible for monitoring and providing technical assistance to the SNAP KEYS program. In addition, the EYO Unit works collaboratively with the SNAP E&T Policy Unit to develop E&T policies specific to educational programs. The EARN/Work Ready (WR) Unit within BEP is responsible for monitoring and providing technical assistance to the SNAP EARN program with the support of a second unit which serves a similar purpose for Philadelphia-area EARN contracted programs. The Systems Unit within BEP is responsible for providing technical assistance related to the E&T program’s system of record, Commonwealth Workforce Development System (CWDS), as well as for maintaining and updating new system features. The Systems Unit works collaboratively with the SNAP E&T Policy Unit to ensure that CWDS captures the data elements needed to comply with SNAP E&T state and federal rules and requirements. How does the E&T unit coordinate and communicate on an ongoing basis with the units responsible for certification policy? On the state level, the Bureau of Policy (BOP) in OIM is responsible for certification of eligibility policy with respect to the SNAP and TANF programs, among others. BEP coordinates closely with BOP on areas of shared responsibility, such as policies pertaining to work registrant status and tracking, consolidated notices regarding work requirements, ABAWDs, and other SNAP certification policies that have a major effect on higher education students, re-entering citizens, individuals receiving wages from a paid work experience program, and other populations disproportionately represented among E&T participants. BEP has a regular monthly standing meeting with BOP to discuss these and other issues of shared responsibility. Further, BEP and BOP co-author memoranda or review each other’s policy guidance within these areas of shared responsibility. IMCWs in E&T units comment on each contact with a participant through case narratives in eCIS from which the IMCWs responsible for certification are responsible for reviewing. Required paperwork received is scanned and uploaded into the database. When system alerts are triggered in an IMCW’s dashboard in eCIS, the IMCW is responsible for reviewing and clearing the alert. For example, an IMCW would receive an alert in eCIS when a provider determination has occurred and would have to take the appropriate action in accordance with Pennsylvania’s policy guidance. In addition, participants in SNAP E&T can contact an IMCW at Customer Service Centers if unable to get in contact with a(n) IMCW at their local office to relay information in which the IMCW at a Customer Service Center will generate an electronic report that will appear at the appropriate worker’s dashboard to resolve. Describe the State's relationships and communication with intermediaries or E&T providers. 1/29/26, 9:34 AM State Plan PA FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-pafy26stateplan//index.html 10/386