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PROGRAM CHANGES Summarize changes for the upcoming Federal fiscal year (FY) from the prior FY. Significant changes may include new initiatives, changes in funding or funding sources, policy changes, or significant changes to the number of partners or participants. Significant changes could include those made as a result of management evaluation findings or participation in program improvement initiatives, such as SNAP to Skills. It is not necessary to include changes made as a result of new Federal rulemaking. RI has been approved for the "More than a Job" TA project through FNS. We will be participating towards the end of 2025. We plan to use TA to discuss potential rebranding of the program and potential costs for this work. Minimally, the TA will continue the engagement work RI E&T has done through various projects with MDRC and Mathematica. There could be a focus on the TANF engagement. RI will be starting an initiative to follow TANF program participants as they end services but remain on SNAP. Highlight any changes from above that the State agency is making to the E&T program based on the prior year’s performance, for instance changes made as a result of E&T outcome and participation data. The rebrand is directly based on outcome information from the RCE project RI participated in. Over 40% of customers responded they did not know about the E&T program from the focus groups and surveys completed. Marketing will occur if RI's application does not get accepted. E&T will look at text messaging and email for outreach, as well as designing E&T participant exit surveys. 9 out of 20 CBO providers are serving E&T and TANF participants. To ensure the individual can remain on track should issues arise with their TANF program, E&T program needs to educate providers and design systems to manage these cases effectively. E&T plans to have a series of meetings with the RI TANF team to plan for communication. E&T will obtain access to TANF dashboards for tracking and identification. Training will be offered to providers to understand TANF/E&T programs and how to manage cases that can transition. The TA from the More than a Job project will include engagement for RI TANF population 1/29/26, 9:35 AM State Plan RI FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-rify26stateplan//index.html 4/89