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training. Transportation and childcare difficulties, especially for women workers. Need for full-time work commitment to access employer benefits. Rising wages might challenge small business recruitment efforts. 5. Labor Market Trends (1, 3, 5 Years) Growth expected in private sector jobs, especially leisure & hospitality, transportation, and warehousing. Decline in retail jobs continues to be a concern. Virginia Works provides occupational projections for 2 and 10 years, helping guide training and education aligned with future demand. Virginia will use this information to further develop and implement effective strategies within the E&T program at both the state and local levels, ensuring alignment with current workforce needs and opportunities. Coordination Coordination with the workforce development system consists of efforts to partner with workforce providers to directly serve SNAP E&T participants or to align the flow or types of services offered across programs. Describe any special State initiatives (i.e. Governor-initiated or through State legislation) that include SNAP E&T. Describe any efforts taken by the State agency to coordinate these programs, services, partners, and/or activities with the State's E&T program. The Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission (JLARC) conducted a study of the SNAP E&T programs to evaluate effectiveness and efficiency and provided recommendations to address findings during the review. Recommendation #3 from this study suggests that each LDSS be required to enter in a MOU with its local Workforce Development Board (WFDB) to deliver services to SNAP E&T clients. Currently, there is an MOU with the fourteen WFDBs with signatures from at least one LDSS within each region. These agreements will be amended to specifically include SNAP E&T programs (if applicable) and will detail the availability of coordinated employment services. With this amended agreement, all 120 local agencies within 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 8/86