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PROVIDER DETERMINATIONS In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(18) a State agency must ensure that E&T providers are informed of their authority and responsibility to determine if an individual is ill-suited for a particular E&T component. Describe the process used by E&T providers to communicate provider determinations to the State agency. TDLWD, UWGN, University of Tennessee Extension and subcontracted partners communicate provider determinations to TDHS via E&T status notices, generated through TDLWD’s system of record. Provider determinations include customer name, initial component, date of the provider determination, reason for the provider determination, new component (if applicable), and customer’s next step. Instructions and a template are provided to all E&T staff via the program manual. The E&T provider has 10 days to inform the State agency of the provider determination. Describe how the State agency notifies clients of a provider determination. Staff must make two telephone attempts to the individual to advise them of the information provided by TDLWD or the TPP. If a customer cannot be reached after two telephone attempts, staff are advised to send the following notice: “We received notice of a provider determination. A provider determination is a determination by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development that you are not compatible for your work activity. You are not being sanctioned and may have already been placed in another work activity; in which you are more compatible. If you are an Abled Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD), you can receive SNAP for three (3) months in a three (3) year or thirty-six-month period. You will receive your (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) countable month beginning xx/xxxx unless you meet or are otherwise not subject to the ABAWD work requirement. If you are still unsure about your activity participation; please contact the FASC at 1-866-311- 4287 to discuss your exemption options.” TDHS staff must document the two telephone attempts and/or the act of sending the notice in the running records. If any E&T staff, Case Manager, training provider, or contracted TPP staff make a determination that an E&T participant is ill-suited for the activity, then the E&T Case Manger will send a status notice to TDHS via email and through the case management system. In addition, the Case Manager will attempt to coordinate Vocational Rehabilitation opportunities or assistance to ensure that an individual with a provider determination is connected to a program with a better fit. The E&T provider has 10 days to inform the State agency of the provider determination. The template below is provided in the TDLWD SNAP E&T Program Manual and must be used by the Case Manager when sending the status update to TDHS: PROVIDER DETERMINATION: (Insert customer name) has been determined not a good for an E&T component. · Provider name: · Initial component: · Date of provider determination: 1/29/26, 10:22 AM State Plan TN FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-tnfy26stateplan//index.html 35/108