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NON-EDUCATION, NON-WORK COMPONENT: SUPERVISED JOB SEARCH Provide a summary of the State guidelines implementing supervised job search. The state’s supervised job search component is completed in a virtual environment. WDD employment counselors are able to provide services to E&T participants through virtual connections utilizing resources such as phones, computers, and other similar electronic equipment. Therefore, an E&T participant can participate in the state’s E&T program virtually based upon their access to similar electronic equipment. The state has determined that its E&T program will be conducted in a virtual environment. The state utilized the following criteria to make this determination: • Cost to the E&T participant to participate • Access to the state’s employment network for employers across the state (DWS is the delegated state agency to handle employment focused activities.) • Access to case management services from any location in the state • Access to labor market information at the State and/or local workforce levels • Access to virtual workshops If an E&T participant cannot participate virtually and they do not meet an exemption, they are able to participate in any of the 30 employment centers located across Utah. Each employment center has the ability to provide the criteria (services) listed above. They also mitigate the cost to the E&T participant as they provide all of the same online services through Job Connection computers, printers, and access to the intranet. Although their assigned employment counselor may not be located in the employment center nearest to the E&T participant’s home address, the assigned employment counselor can still provide E&T program support to the participant if they choose to participate at a different employment center nearer to their home address. Each employment center is equipped with the necessary equipment to facilitate contact between the assigned employment counselor and the E&T participant even if they are not meeting in the same employment center. WDD employment counselors provide supervised job search. Upon referral from an ESD eligibility worker, UWORKS creates an E&T participation case. UWORKS provides the employment counselor with information related to the E&T participant’s progress in completing the State’s E&T program requirements. The employment counselor is able to track and review the following E&T participant’s activities: • Register for work online at jobs.utah.gov. • Complete an online Job Skill evaluation. • Attend a virtual SNAP E&T Workshop. • Meet with an assigned EC each month. • Complete any required workshops. • Complete 48 job contacts. The employment counselor provides direct supervisory support and review of each of the State’s E&T program requirements. During the first month of participation, an employment counselor has the E&T participant attend a mandatory E&T workshop. After the workshop, the employment counselor creates a plan to monitor the participant’s progress in the state’s E&T program. The plan allows the employment counselor to review E&T activities completed, activities yet to be completed, and any other pertinent details from the assessments regarding the E&T participant. UWORKS is the system of record for the State’s E&T Program activities. In order to track the timing and completion of each activity, a combination of automated records completed by UWORKS and manually entry into UWORKS by the employment counselor are used to make sure the E&T participant is completing the activities within the required time frame. For example, UWORKS records activities completed online nature like registering for work, Job Skill evaluation, job contacts, etc. The employment counselor manually records activities in UWORKS like monthly contacts, discussion regarding participation activities, discussion 1/29/26, 10:24 AM State Plan UT FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-utfy26stateplan//index.html 44/56