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Rule 5101:4-9-05 | SNAP E&T progress monitoring.

 

The supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T) program has limited funding and therefore, it is critical that SNAP E&T enrolled participants have clear and achievable goals designed to ensure they are advancing through the SNAP E&T program and into sustained self-sufficiency. This rule describes the ongoing process E&T case managers are to use when determining if a SNAP E&T enrolled participant is making satisfactory progress in the SNAP E&T program and the actions to be taken when satisfactory progress has not been made.

(A) What is ongoing progress monitoring?

Progress monitoring is the responsibility of the E&T case manager and includes an ongoing evaluation of:

(1) The SNAP E&T enrolled participant's employment goals, needs, barriers and strengths;

(2) Whether the individual is achieving the goals and milestones contained in the SNAP E&T employability plan;

(3) Information gained (if any) from conversations with the SNAP E&T enrolled participant through case management services offered in accordance with rule 5101:4-9-04 of the Administrative Code; and

(4) Reports from SNAP E&T providers to accurately gauge a participant's level of engagement and progress in the SNAP E&T program.

(B) What is satisfactory progress?

Satisfactory progress in the SNAP E&T program means a SNAP E&T enrolled participant is:

(1) Actively achieving goals and milestones detailed in their employability plan;

(2) Engaged in the SNAP E&T program; and

(3) In good standing and making expected progress as determined by the provider of the SNAP E&T services. For purposes of this rule, "provider" includes a county agency who is providing a SNAP E&T component.

(C) What are a SNAP E&T case manager's responsibilities for assisting a SNAP E&T enrolled participant in making satisfactory progress in the SNAP E&T program?

The E&T case manager is to:

(1) Conduct ongoing progress monitoring; and

(2) Make adjustments as necessary to the SNAP E&T enrolled participant's employability plan regarding:

(a) Employment goals, needs, barriers and strengths;

(b) Supportive services; and

(c) Goals and milestones.

(D) What are the consequences of not making satisfactory progress in the SNAP E&T program?

Only after an E&T case manager has exercised due diligence in carrying out the responsibilities described in paragraph (C) of this rule:

(1) Within ten days of an E&T case manager determining that a SNAP E&T enrolled participant is not making satisfactory progress in the SNAP E&T program, the E&T case manager is to follow the disenrollment process described in rule 5101:4-9-06 of the Administrative Code.

(2) There is no loss of SNAP eligibility or change in benefit amount as a consequence of failing to make satisfactory progress and the determination is not an adverse action subject to rule 5101:6-2-04 of the Administrative Code. However, the E&T case manager is to inform the SNAP E&T enrolled participant that they are not making satisfactory progress by any reasonable means (letter, phone call, email, etc.).

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, 12/31/2006, 1/1/2008, 12/1/2012, 10/1/2013, 10/1/2014, 7/1/2017, 11/18/2021, 6/16/2022, 10/1/2023