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WORK EXPERIENCE COMPONENT: WORK ACTIVITY Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. In this component, participants gain work experience and new job skills through unpaid work in a public, private non-profit or for-profit agency. The primary focus of Work Experience: Work Activity is to help the participant develop good work habits, additional job skills, positive work attitudes and an understanding of the employee-employer relationship. Participants may be offered a Work Experience opportunity if they are preparing to enter the workforce and it is determined that additional guidance is required to yield sufficient employment opportunities. Indicate the Target Population this component will serve. Select all that apply. ABAWDs Homeless Returning citizens (aka: ex-offenders) Single parents Students Those that reside in rural areas Underemployed Veterans Describe the criteria for participation. Include the skills, knowledge, or experience necessary for participation in the component. For example, literacy or numeracy levels, recent labor market attachment, computer literacy, etc. Assignments to Work Experience are determined based on the results of ongoing Assessments. If it is determined, during the assessment processes, that the participant has a poor work history, or has been unsuccessful in their supervised job search attempts, then the participant would then be a good candidate for Work Experience. Following the Initial and ongoing Assessments and based upon the information gathered and analyzed, the Employment Service Worker and the participant will decide if Work Experience is the best component activity for the participant based on participants strengths and goals. 1/29/26, 10:25 AM State Plan VA FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-vafy26stateplan//index.html 67/86