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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 17

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 10 Chapter 17 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T)

17.3.3.A SNAP E&T Worker Responsibilities The SNAP E&T Worker must: • Determine who should be referred to outside sources for training during the assessment process. See Section 17.4, and the development of the SSP; • Make referrals to Vocational Training, WDB, third-party partners, and specific local programs; • Monitor the attendance sheets, DFA-TS-12, monthly; and • Maintain contact with the participant and service provider to ensure satisfactory progress is being made and to help eliminate barriers when needed. o Participants who fail to meet the required hours cannot be considered as making satisfactory progress, unless the participant is also in another component and meeting the hourly requirements. 17.3.3.B Placement Criteria A participant, who is determined to have the ability to complete the course work and meets the entrance requirements, may participate when: • The goal is to enter an occupation that requires completion of a vocational course prior to employment; or • He has no job skills, obsolete or non-marketable skills, and must be retrained to find employment; or • He does not have a High School Diploma/High School Equivalency, and the skill training has been identified as an alternative that will lead to employment. 17.3.3.C Placement Standards The training institution and instructor must meet the licensing and certification standards of the appropriate governing agency. Unlicensed or uncertified instructors are not approved for training when licensing or certification standards exist.

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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 17

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 10 Chapter 17 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T)

17.3.3.A SNAP E&T Worker Responsibilities The SNAP E&T Worker must: • Determine who should be referred to outside sources for training during the assessment process. See Section 17.4, and the development of the SSP; • Make referrals to Vocational Training, WDB, third-party partners, and specific local programs; • Monitor the attendance sheets, DFA-TS-12, monthly; and • Maintain contact with the participant and service provider to ensure satisfactory progress is being made and to help eliminate barriers when needed. o Participants who fail to meet the required hours cannot be considered as making satisfactory progress, unless the participant is also in another component and meeting the hourly requirements. 17.3.3.B Placement Criteria A participant, who is determined to have the ability to complete the course work and meets the entrance requirements, may participate when: • The goal is to enter an occupation that requires completion of a vocational course prior to employment; or • He has no job skills, obsolete or non-marketable skills, and must be retrained to find employment; or • He does not have a High School Diploma/High School Equivalency, and the skill training has been identified as an alternative that will lead to employment. 17.3.3.C Placement Standards The training institution and instructor must meet the licensing and certification standards of the appropriate governing agency. Unlicensed or uncertified instructors are not approved for training when licensing or certification standards exist.