Located in:
- Employment and Training Programs Under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Programs Authorized Under Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)))
- a. General Requirements [27]
The State agency must prepare and submit an Employment and Training (E&T) Plan to its appropriate Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional Office. The E&T Plan must be available for public inspection at the State agency headquarters. A State agency may include its plan for the SNAP E&T program in a Combined Plan under WIOA but will require FNS approval prior to implementation and must continue to make a copy of the plan available for public inspection. If a State includes SNAP E&T in a Combined Plan under WIOA, the State agency will detail the following for each year covered by the Combined Plan:
[27] 7 CFR § 273.7(c)(6)
- a. General Requirements [27]
a. 6. The geographic areas covered and not covered by the E&T Plan and why, and the type and location of services to be offered;
Current Narrative:
The State has designated 39 counties for the E&T program. RFPs are released to solicit vendors to provide services in those 39 counties. Based on the proposals submitted, vendors are selected to serve as E&T partners and provide services for participants. The 39 E&T counties are: Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Calhoun, Clarke, Chambers, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Saint Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Wilcox. The majority of the E&T counties have access to a Department of Labor Career Center site and a local community college which provides services such as WIOA, vocational training, Adult Education and information on employment throughout the State. We also have providers located in some of the counties that provide vocational training, Adult Education services such as GED and ESL classes, Career Pathways through the Community College Adult Education program, supervised job search, job retention services, On-the-Job Training, work readiness training and work based learning opportunities.