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

119.03 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

ress 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 10/1/2029 11/1/1980, 12/1/1987 (Emer.), 4/1/1991, 9/1/1993, 12/1/1995 (Emer.), 10/1/1997 (Emer.), 12/1/1997 (Emer.), 1/1/2008, 10/1/2023