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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 17

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 18 Chapter 17 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T)

17.4 SNAP E&T PROGRAM The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) Worker must assist the participant in achieving self-sufficiency. To accomplish this, the SNAP E&T Worker must assess the participant's knowledge and skills and work with the participant to make informed decisions about the appropriate course of action. The SNAP E&T Worker must enter into a mutual agreement with the participant called a Personal Responsibility Plan (PRP). This plan details: • The process to achieving self-sufficiency; • Monitoring the participant's progress; • Determining changing needs; • Determining the need for supportive services; and • Appropriate follow-up action based on the participant's performance. 17.4.1 CASE MANAGEMENT The SNAP E&T Worker must use Work Programs (WP) in the case management system. At each face-to-face telephone contact or virtual meeting with a (SNAP E&T) participant, the SNAP E&T Worker must offer the participant an activity if he is currently not participating in any. Procedures have been developed to track the offer of a placement and the actual acceptance of a placement. These must be noted in the case. At the time a SNAP E&T participant actually begins the activity, the appropriate component code must be entered in the case management system to reflect the status. The start date and an anticipated end date must also be entered. To meet the goals of the SNAP E&T program, the SNAP E&T Worker performs the following activities: • The participant and Worker need to determine the best means for the participant to achieve self-sufficiency, accept personal responsibility, and, if applicable, to meet the work obligation. • Establishes for the participant reasonable and appropriate requirements related to the participant's capability to perform the tasks on a regular basis, including physical capacity, skills, experience, family responsibilities, and residence. Reasonable and appropriate requirements must be based on the participant's proficiencies and skills as assessed.