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Will this component be offered statewide? Yes No Projected Annual Participation. Projection should reflect a number of unduplicated individuals. 99 Estimated Annual Component Administrative Cost $152,689.00 Not supplanting. Describe how the State agency ensures that costs attributed to the E&T program are not supplanting funds used for other existing educational programs. West Virginia’s SNAP E&T program operates as a “last dollar in” program. This means the State first looks at all available ways for training to be provided with existing resources. If a training or educational resource is available and paid through existing Federal funds the state cannot charge other Federal funds to pay for these services. In most situations, career/technical/votec services are paid through WVDE Adult Basic Education or WIOA funds. E&T funds are used to pay for training services when/if the individual is denied the use of existing funds. Example: E&T clients are at times denied WIOA funding due to noncompliance of certain eligibility requirements in a timely manner. The State will only use E&T funding to pay for training and educational services when the State has verified that other sources will not pay for a reasonable or necessary service. Cost parity. Describe how the State agency ensures that costs charged to E&T do not exceed the costs charged for non-E&T participants. The WV Department of Education provides the same quality educational programs at the same cost to all students (regardless of the student’s participation in SNAP E&T). For example, a SNAP participant is attending BridgeValley CTC for an LPN nursing program. The cost of one 3-hour credit course is $660; this represents the costs to all in-state West Virginia residents. 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 53/119