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WORK EXPERIENCE COMPONENT: TRANSITIONAL JOBS Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. Unsubsidized: Transitional Job activities provide time-limited work experiences that are wage-paid, but not subsidized, and are in the public, private, non-profit sectors for those individuals with barriers to employment who are chronically unemployed and have inconsistent work history. These jobs are designed to enable an individual to establish a work history, demonstrate work success in an employee-employer relationship, and develop the skills that lead to unsubsidized employment. Training objectives include enhanced coaching designed to build non-cognitive (soft) skills, as well as job skills specific to the participant’s specific TJ placement, which can be in industries such as distribution/supply chain, food processing and manufacturing, hospitality, printing/imaging, and restoration/large loss. Subsidized: Transitional Job activities provide time-limited work experiences that are wage-paid. Contractors will subsidize 100% of the cost of the wage, and receive 50% federal reimbursement of all costs incurred, including wages. Three third-party partners will provide WBLTJ-SUB in Pennsylvania in FY26: the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), Landforce, and Community Kitchen of Pittsburgh CKP. CEO Placements are in the public, private, non-profit sectors for those individuals with barriers to employment who are chronically unemployed and have inconsistent work history. Placements are limited to no longer than 75 working days, which may be consecutive or non-consecutive. Participants receive wages at the end of each working day. These jobs are designed to enable an individual to establish a work history, demonstrate work success in an employee-employer relationship, and develop the skills that lead to unsubsidized employment. Training objectives include non-cognitive (soft) skills, as well as job skills specific to the participant’s specific TJ placement, which can be in industries such as landscaping/land reclamation, building renovation, litter abatement, information technology, and commercial driver’s license. Transitional job partners include: the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, and Hilco Redevelopment Partners (in Philadelphia), Dauphin County, Dauphin County Housing Authority, Harrisburg Housing Authority, and York Housing Authority (in Harrisburg), and City of PittsburghForestry Department, McConway & Torely, and Arconic Manufacturing Company (in Pittsburgh). Landforce Placements are at Landforce, a nonprofit employment social enterprise, for those individuals with barriers to employment who are chronically unemployed and have inconsistent work history. A paid training period begins annually in March for spring cohort, with transitions to crew-based employment in May. The fall cohort will begin in August and follow the same training schedule. Transitional placements can continue through November, although participants who can transition into unsubsidized employment before the end of the season are assisted in doing so. Participants receive bi-weekly wages. About two-thirds of Landforce participants have been involved with the justice system, and significant percentages have struggled with mental health, addiction, and/or homelessness. These jobs are designed to enable participants to establish a work history, demonstrate work success in an employee-employer relationship, and develop the skills that lead to unsubsidized employment. Training objectives include non-cognitive (soft) skills, as well as job skills specific to environmental stewardship & basic construction, which can be in industries such as landscaping/land reclamation, arboriculture, construction, etc. Certifications earned include First Aid/CPR, Chainsaw Safety, National Green Infrastructure, and OSHA HAZWOPER 40. Community Kitchen of Pittsburgh CKP is an employment based social enterprise model. CKP operates a commercial kitchen and several business lines for the purpose of training and employing participants in a supported but very real work environment. CKP produces nearly 2,000 meals every day and operates several food service enterprises for the purpose of training, and participants are embedded into that work. All aspects of a commercial culinary operation are experienced by CKPs participants. CKP also provide field trips to visit other employers and have employers come onsite to do presentations monthly to the participants. CKPs career services manager is a chef and former restaurant owner. CKP has a monthly guest chef dinner series where participants work with a chef from another restaurant on a four-course meal that is open to the public, giving participants the opportunity for a working interview and a real-world restaurant simulation. Is this component subsidized by SNAP E&T? Subsidized Unsubsidized Both subsidized and unsubsidized 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 58/386