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EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. Formal education training specifically designed to improve an individual’s proficiency in English needed to compete in the current job market. Indicate the Target Population this component will serve. Select all that apply. ABAWDs Homeless Returning citizens (aka: ex-offenders) Single parents Students Those that reside in rural areas Underemployed Veterans Describe the criteria for participation. Include the skills, knowledge, or experience necessary for participation in the component. For example, literacy or numeracy levels, recent labor market attachment, computer literacy, etc. CAO or E&T staff identify or the participant has expressed that English is not their first language to the CAO or the E&T contractor staff. Will this component be offered statewide? Yes No Projected Annual Participation. Projection should reflect a number of unduplicated individuals. 15 Estimated Annual Component Administrative Cost $70,187.00 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. Contractors are provided with guidance prohibiting the use of funds to supplant existing state entitlements. Generally, if a service is available from a reputable provider in the community at no charge, contractors are expected to refer the participant to the no-charge provider and bill DHS only for the cost of providing case management, supportive services, and supplemental activities that are provided to the SNAP participant, but not available to the general public. 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 49/386