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Is SNAP E&T included as a partner in the State's WIOA Combined Plan? Yes No Describe how the State agency is coordinating with TANF/GA programs, services, partners, and/or activities. Describe any TANF/GA special initiatives targeting specific populations and any actions taken to coordinate with these efforts. Since approval by FNS in 2006, Pennsylvania continues to operate a Mini-Simplified SNAP Program (mini-SNAP) for households that receive SNAP and TANF (Title IV-A) benefits concurrently. DHS understands that no federal SNAP E&T funds may be used to serve SNAP recipients who also receive Title IV-A assistance. In FFY 16, Pennsylvania implemented system enhancements to eCIS, Pennsylvania’s Management Information System for SNAP and TANF eligibility, to prevent individuals who are receiving TANF assistance from being enrolled in SNAP E&T or receiving SNAP E&T- funded participant reimbursements. In FFY 22, Pennsylvania implemented policy changes and system enhancements to allow recipients of TANF “non-assistance”, such as Diversion, to receive SNAP E&T services, while continuing to ensure that SNAP E&T funds are not used to serve individuals who are receiving Title IV-A assistance. As part of mini-SNAP, joint TANF/SNAP households are subject to the TANF work requirement and are served by DHS’s TANF E&T program, RESET. The RESET program and the SNAP E&T program are integrated on the state and local levels. On the state level, the Bureau of Employment Programs within the Office of Income Maintenance is responsible for administering both the RESET and the SNAP E&T programs, which includes program oversight, policy guidance, and technical assistance to local County Assistance Office (CAO) and to contracted program staff. On the local level, each CAO has Income Maintenance Caseworkers (IMCWs) that enroll participants in both RESET and SNAP E&T. As the administrator of both the RESET and SNAP E&T programs, DHS ensures that all participants in RESET who lose eligibility for TANF assistance, and thus the ability to participate in RESET, are given the opportunity to enroll in SNAP E&T programs if appropriate. Describe how the State agency is coordinating its SNAP E&T program with any other Federal or State employment program (e.g. HUD, child support, re-entry, refugee services). One of our SNAP JETS contracted programs, the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), works exclusively with returning citizens. CEO serves three of Pennsylvania’s largest cities — Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia — and has an MOU with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC). CEO participants are dual clients of both DHS and DOC. 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 5/386