Skip to main content
Back To Top Top Back To Top
This website publishes administrative rules on their effective dates, as designated by the adopting state agencies, colleges, and universities.

Rule 5101:4-9-04 | SNAP E&T case management.

 

Every individual enrolled in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and training program (E&T) is able to receive case management services from an E&T case manager. This rule describes elements of case management, including the role it plays in monitoring progress in the SNAP E&T program.

(A) What is case management?

(1) A county agency is to design its SNAP E&T case management services to support a partnership between a SNAP E&T enrolled participant and an E&T case manager to help the participant develop the resources, skills, and sustained behavior changes necessary to attain and preserve their economic independence and progress through the SNAP E&T program.

(2) The timing and frequency of case management services is to be individualized, but is to include contact between the E&T case manager and SNAP E&T enrolled participant no less than every thirty days.

(B) What are the responsibilities of SNAP E&T case managers?

(1) At least once a month, every SNAP E&T enrolled participant is to be provided with case management services by an E&T case manager. Case management may be provided in person, via email or over the phone, but is to include the option for direct discussion between the SNAP E&T enrolled participant and the E&T case manager.

When a SNAP E&T enrolled participant does not utilize case management services for two consecutive months, the SNAP E&T case manager may stop attempting to provide case management services. However, an enrolled SNAP E&T participant who is otherwise making satisfactory progress in SNAP E&T is not to be disenrolled from SNAP E&T based only on not participating in case management.

(2) E&T case managers are to ensure that case management supports the progress of a SNAP E&T enrolled participant without allowing case management to become an impediment to participation.

(3) When an E&T case manager becomes aware of a circumstance that may qualify a SNAP E&T enrolled participant for an exemption from a work requirement or good cause for noncompliance with a work requirement, the E&T case manager is to provide that information to the appropriate staff in the county agency who can then make the determination.

(4) When a SNAP E&T enrolled participant has been assigned to case management, the E&T case manager is to record the number of hours a SNAP E&T enrolled participant will spend in case management (if any) in the Ohio benefits integrated eligibility system.

(a) An able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) is only to be assigned hours in case management if they are also assigned to one or more SNAP E&T components and the number of hours in case management is not to exceed more than half of all SNAP E&T assigned hours.

(b) When recording the number of hours spent in case management, only allowable SNAP E&T activities should be recorded. For example, the hours a SNAP E&T enrolled participant spends with an E&T case manager identifying a temporary housing solution are to be recorded, but the hours spent actually moving into temporary housing are not part of an allowable SNAP E&T component or activity and therefore are not to be recorded.

Last updated October 1, 2024 at 9:35 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 5101.54
Amplifies: 5101.54
Five Year Review Date: 10/1/2029
Prior Effective Dates: 9/1/1976, 12/31/1977, 11/1/1980, 5/1/1982, 3/1/1983, 8/1/1985, 3/1/1987, 12/1/1987 (Emer.), 2/15/1988, 6/30/1989 (Emer.), 9/23/1989, 9/29/1989 (Emer.), 12/16/1989, 4/2/1990, 11/1/1990, 4/1/1991, 7/1/1991, 10/1/1991 (Emer.), 12/2/1991, 5/1/1992, 11/1/1992, 9/1/1993, 2/1/1994 (Emer.), 4/15/1994, 12/1/1995 (Emer.), 2/19/1996, 7/1/1996 (Emer.), 9/29/1996, 10/1/1997 (Emer.), 12/1/1997 (Emer.), 1/8/1998, 1/6/2003, 1/20/2003, 12/29/2006 (Emer.), 12/31/2006, 1/8/2007, 1/1/2008, 10/1/2008 (Emer.), 12/18/2008, 2/1/2012, 10/1/2013, 10/1/2014, 7/1/2017, 11/1/2019, 11/18/2021, 6/16/2022, 10/1/2023