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NON-EDUCATION, NON-WORK COMPONENT: SELF- EMPLOYMENT TRAINING Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. Self-Employment Training offers participants the ability to connect with business counselors and services to explore the operation, maintenance, and growth of a self-run business. Activities allowed within this component include, but are not limited to, classroom and one-on-one training and coaching addressing business practices, business plan development, access to financing, marketing, and other essentials to running a small business. Participants in this component will be required to complete a business plan with their self- employment component provider/program. The Self-Employment Training component is offered by members of the employment team and other community-based organizations. The component can be coordinated with the participant’s ICAN or ICAN- RU case manager or provider. Documentation of self-employment activities will be kept in the participants file and tracked in the case management system. 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. Minimum criteria to participate are dependent on the ICAN provider/CBO program. Examples of component criteria to participate includes: • having an identified self-employment goal • At least age 18 • Barrier to self-employment Participants and case managers, through assessments and ongoing case management will determine if participants are suitable for self-employment training. ICAN is individualized to the participant and as such the participant can identify themselves as ready for a component. Therefore, it is through case management that participants and providers determine that a participant is not ready to be successful at a component. In 1/29/26, 10:27 AM State Plan VT FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-vtfy26stateplan//index.html 65/159