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NON-EDUCATION, NON-WORK COMPONENT: JOB RETENTION Description of the component. Provide a summary of the activities and services. SNAP E&T participants who receive employment while enrolled in an approved activity component are eligible for job retention services. E&T participants are eligible for job retention if they received SNAP benefits in the month of or the month before receiving job retention services. At minimum job retention will include the SNAP E&T case manager completing weekly check-ins with participants. Job Retention will be offered at least 30 days following employment and no more than 90 days. During these check-ins SNAP E&T will offer the participant available state and outside resources and guidance for retaining employment. SNAP E&T will continue to work at overcoming participant barriers during the job retention period. Once per month the SNAP E&T case manager and the participant will have a one-on-one meeting to discuss the objectives of the specified employment. This one-on-one meeting can be held in-person, through a virtual platform or a combination of both. Job Retention will be tracked historically in the SNAP eligibility Works Programs system. The eligibility system has start and end dates for activity components and sends alerts to case managers when time periods have expired. This will allow the state to ensure job retention is not offered for more than 90 days to any participant. The overall goal of job retention is for the participant to maintain employment. 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. To be placed in Job Retention, the participant must first have received an offer of employment while participating in SNAP E&T. The participant may have become ineligible for SNAP due to being over the income threshold. The skills, knowledge, and experience necessary for Job Retention placement depends of the type of occupation placement that has occurred, 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 48/119