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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SNAP EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING

10/25 VOLUME V, PART XXV, PAGE 1

A. SNAP EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PURPOSE

SNAP Employment & Training (SNAP E&T) is a federally funded, state administered program that assists program participants in gaining the skills, training or work experience needed to move toward and into employment. SNAP E&T also helps reduce barriers to work by providing individuals with support services such as transportation and childcare as they prepare for and obtain employment and job retention services to help them maintain employment. Participation in SNAP E&T is voluntary.

See Appendix I for a list of Virginia localities that operate SNAP E&T.

B. REFERRAL TO SNAP E&T

1. Eligibility Process

The BPS must determine the work registration status for each household member. The BPS must record any member as registered if the member does not meet a registration exemption or if the member wants to volunteer to participate in SNAP E&T. Those who want to volunteer must be referred to SNAP E&T through VaCMS at application or reapplication and every twelve months thereafter. New household members, added during the certification period, must be registered at recertification. See Part VIII.A for a discussion on the registration exemptions.

Note A: A SNAP E&T script for the BPS may be found on FUSION, located on the SNAP E&T Forms page under “Case Management”.

Note B: Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) who participate in SNAP E&T are required to engage in qualifying work or training activities for at least 20 hours per week to maintain eligibility. Individuals, who are not considered ABAWDs and who are enrolled in SNAP E&T, are not obligated to meet a weekly participation requirement.

2. Participant Categories

a. New – participant who has not been included in the on-board count for the current Federal Fiscal Year (10/01-9/30).

b. Re-registrant – participant who has been included in the on-board count for the current Federal Fiscal Year (10/01-9/30).

3. SNAP E&T Categories

a. Active - a category in which participants with no barriers to employment are placed.

b. Allowable SNAP E&T categories or components no longer include inactive or pending categories beginning May 2025.

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