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SUMMARY OF PROGRAM Provide the vision and mission of the State E&T program. In addition, describe how your State agency's E&T program meets the purpose of E&T which is to: Increase the ability of SNAP participants to obtain regular employment Meet State or local workforce needs With FNS approval, in FFY 2026 Wisconsin will continue to offer FoodShare Employment and Training (FSET) services to Able-Bodied Adult without Dependents (ABAWD) and non-ABAWD FoodShare members who have been screened and referred to the FSET program and who are capable of obtaining gainful employment. The following plan illustrates how the Department of Health Services (DHS) proposes to continue operating a voluntary program for FoodShare members in FFY 2026. The mission of FSET is to provide FoodShare members the assistance and support they need to obtain and maintain competitive employment while meeting the needs of employers across Wisconsin. The mission of FSET is to draw upon the strengths, needs, and preferences of individual job seekers to provide services that will result in successful competitive employment, while promoting economic self-sufficiency (WI FSET Handbook Section 1.1). Wisconsin’s FSET program offers an array of employment and training services intended to facilitate an efficient use of resources to assist FSET participants to move promptly into unsubsidized employment. Services are designed to comply with federal and state policies and regulations and are in accordance with Wisconsin’s federally approved FSET State Plan. Allowable FSET program components include Supervised Job Search, Job Search Training, Self-Employment Training, Basic/Foundational Skills Instruction, Career/Technical Education Program, English Language Acquisition, Integrated Training or Bridge Program, Work Readiness Training, Workfare, Work Experience, Work Activity, Work-based learning - Internship, Work-based learning - On-the-job Training, Work-based learning, Pre-apprenticeship/Apprenticeship, Work based learning – Transitional Employment, Work-based learning- Other (Trial Employment Match Program- TEMP), and Job Retention. Case management must be offered to all FSET participants engaged in one of the components listed. While the FSET vendors have considerable flexibility in developing their program, all components are offered in all FSET regions. DHS operates a regionalized, county-administered program. Regional service area boundaries correspond with the State’s eleven Workforce Development Areas (WDAs), as shown in the map below. FSET regionalization along WDA boundaries opens opportunities for collaboration and creates efficiencies in service delivery between FSET and other employment and training programs by taking advantage of the WDA’s unique expertise and pre-established relationships with local employers and businesses. Furthermore, FSET vendors have established a wide array of relationships with employers across their regions. Wisconsin’s FSET program is divided into eleven administrative regions, which mirror the boundaries of Wisconsin’s Workforce Development Areas (WDA). Each FSET region administers and delivers FSET services within the region by partnering with local service providers and community organizations. In addition, eight Wisconsin tribes operate their own independent tribal FSET program (WI FSET Handbook 1.3). All contracted vendors in each administrative region must provide case management and offer a wide variety of allowable FSET component activities (WI FSET Handbook 1.4). All FSET vendors are required to provide FSET participants with the supportive services required for successful completion of any assigned FSET component activities (WI FSET Handbook 5.1). FSET vendors are also expected to partner with local 1/29/26, 10:30 AM State Plan WI FY26 - Amendment 1 https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-wify26stateplan//index.html 3/230