The Role of Job Search as a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T) Component

The Food Security Act of 1985 established the SNAP employment and training (E&T) program to help SNAP recipients gain the “skills, training, or experience that will increase their ability to obtain regular employment” and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Although all States must operate a SNAP E&T program, they have considerable flexibility in designing their programs, including whether to make them mandatory or voluntary, what E&T components to include, and what populations and locations to target. The primary purpose of this study is to document the types of job search activities offered through SNAP E&T programs, examine State implementation of those activities, and assess the effectiveness of those activities in moving participants toward employment. Therefore, FNS is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to collect information from a sample of participating State SNAP offices, local SNAP offices, SNAP E&T providers, other SNAP E&T stakeholders, State agencies with wage record data, and SNAP job search participants. The study will profile the job search component of SNAP E&T programs in four States via site visits. better understanding of the types of job search activities offered through SNAP E&T programs, examine State implementation of those activities, and help FNS better understand the effectiveness of those activities in moving participants toward self-sufficiency. FNS will use findings from the study to inform program enhancements and SNAP E&T policy and guidance to States. States may also use study findings to improve their job search components.

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