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Describe the process for screening for direct referral to E&T, including the staff involved. At each SNAP application and redetermination interview SNAP eligibility staff give a summary of how E&T can assist an individual to advance their individual goals. Individuals who must comply with the ABAWD time-limit rules receive information about how E&T can help the individual meet the work requirement. The eligibility worker has been trained to understand what individuals meet the qualifications of certain E&T components. Based on information received during the eligibility interview, the worker will first ask the SNAP recipient if they have a high school equivalency. If the individual does not, the worker understands the individual may not be prepared for certain components but may be capable of others. An individuals’ personal interest is also considered. Providing information to eligibility staff related to the individual offerings of each E&T provider helps the eligibility worker to have a meaningful conversation with the SNAP recipient. Referral information about E&T comes after SNAP confirmation at the end of the eligibility interview. When does the screening for a reverse referral request occur? When a reverse referral is received from an E&T provider, the regional Job Developer first checks to see if the individual has an active SNAP benefit in the eligibility system. If so, the Job Developer contacts the DoHS located in the individual’s county of residency, and informs the eligibility worker that a screening for E&T must take place. Describe the process for screening during the reverse referral request process, including the staff involved. Once SNAP certification staff receive the reverse referral, the individual is contacted by the agency and offered a referral to E&T. If the individual accepts the voluntary referral the referral is made in the eligibility system. The referral then goes to the caseload of the regional Workforce Development Board (association with the individual’s residency) to begin case management services. Are participants informed about participant reimbursements before the individual is referred to E&T by eligibility staff? Yes No How are participants informed about participant reimbursements? At application and redetermination when SNAP certification staff give a summary of E&T services, individuals also receive information regarding participant reimbursements available through E&T. Once the individual accepts the voluntary referral Workforce Development Boards provide additional information about participant reimbursements during Orientation. Workforce Development Boards discuss reimbursements throughout the case management process. 1/29/26, 10:31 AM State Plan WV FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-wvfy26stateplan//index.html 22/119