Voglio sapere a riguardo di…

jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2

402

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
receive case management services along with at least one E&T component;
2 Refer the individual to an appropriate workforce partnership as defined in paragraph n of this section, if available. Before making this referral, the State agency must provide information about workforce partnerships to assist the individual in making an informed decision about whether to voluntarily participate in the workforce partnership, in accordance with paragraph n10 of this section;
3 Reassess the physical and mental fitness of the individual. If the individual is not found to be physically or mentally fit, the individual is exempt from the work requirement in accordance with paragraph b1ii of this section. If the individual is found to be physically or mentally fit, and the State agency determines the individual is not otherwise exempt from the general work requirements the State agency must consider if one of the other available actions in paragraph c18iB of this section would be appropriate for the individual. If the State agency determines the individual should not be required to participate in E&T, the State agency must exempt the individual from mandatory E&T; or 4 Coordinate, to the maximum extent practicable, with other Federal, State, or local workforce or assistance programs to identify work opportunities or assistance for the individual. If the State agency chooses this option, the State agency must not require the individual to participate in E&T.
ii From the time an E&T provider determines an individual is ill-suited for an E&T component until after the State agency takes one of the actions in paragraph c18iB of this section, the individual shall not be found to have refused without good cause to participate in mandatory E&T. In the case of an ABAWD who has received a provider determination, the ABAWD
will accrue countable months toward their three-month participation time limit the next full benefit month after the month during which the State agency notifies the ABAWD of the provider determination, unless the ABAWD fulfills the work requirements in accordance with 273.24, or the ABAWD has good cause, lives in a waived area, or is otherwise exempt.
d Federal financial participation 1 Employment and training grantsi Allocation of grants. Each State agency will receive a 100 percent Federal grant each fiscal year to operate an E&T
program in accordance with paragraph e of this section. The grant requires no State matching.

VerDate Sep<11>2014

18:02 Jan 04, 2021

Jkt 253001

A In determining each State agencys 100 percent Federal E&T grant, FNS will apply the percentage determined in accordance with paragraph d1iB
of this section to the total amount of 100
percent Federal funds authorized under section 16h1A of the Act for each fiscal year.
B FNS will allocate the funding available each fiscal year for E&T grants using a formula designed to ensure that each State agency receives its appropriate share.
1 Ninety percent of the annual 100
percent Federal E&T grant will be allocated based on the number of work registrants in each State as a percentage of work registrants nationwide. FNS
will use work registrant data reported by each State agency on the FNS583, Employment and Training Program Activity Report, from the most recent Federal fiscal year.
2 Ten percent of the annual 100
percent Federal E&T grant will be allocated based on the number of ABAWDs in each State, as determined by SNAP QC data for the most recently available completed fiscal year, which provide a breakdown of each States population of adults age 18 through 49
who are not disabled and who do not live with children.
C No State agency will receive less than $100,000 in Federal E&T funds. To ensure this, FNS will, if necessary, reduce the grant of each State agency allocated more than $100,000. In order to guarantee an equitable reduction, FNS will calculate grants as follows.
First, disregarding those State agencies scheduled to receive less than $100,000, FNS will calculate each remaining State agencys percentage share of the fiscal years E&T grant. Next, FNS will multiply the grantless $100,000 for every State agency under the minimumby each remaining State agencys same percentage share to arrive at the revised amount. The difference between the original and the revised amounts will represent each State agencys contribution. FNS will distribute the funds from the reduction to State agencies initially allocated less than $100,000.
ii Use of funds. A A State agency must use E&T program grants to fund the administrative costs of planning, implementing and operating its SNAP
E&T program in accordance with its approved State E&T plan. E&T grants must not be used for the process of determining whether an individual must be work registered, the work registration process, or any further screening performed during the certification process, nor for sanction activity that takes place after the
PO 00000

Frm 00046

Fmt 4701

Sfmt 4700

operator of an E&T program reports noncompliance without good cause. For purposes of this paragraph d, the certification process is considered ended when an individual is referred to an E&T program for assessment or participation. E&T grants may be used to subsidize wages in accordance with paragraph e2iv2 of this section, and may not be used to reimburse participants under paragraph d4 of this section.
B A State agencys receipt of its 100
percent Federal E&T grant is contingent on FNSs approval of the State agencys E&T plan. If an adequate plan is not submitted, FNS may reallocate a State agencys grant among other State agencies with approved plans. Nonreceipt of an E&T grant does not release a State agency from its responsibility under paragraph c4 of this section to operate an E&T program.
C Federal funds made available to a State agency to operate an educational component under paragraph e2vi of this section must not be used to supplant nonfederal funds for existing educational services and activities that promote the purposes of this component. Education expenses are approvable to the extent that E&T
component costs exceed the normal cost of services provided to persons not participating in an E&T program.
D In accordance with section 6d4K of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph d, the amount of Federal E&T funds, including participant and dependent care reimbursements, a State agency uses to serve participants who are receiving cash assistance under a State program funded under title IVA of the Social Security Act must not exceed the amount of Federal E&T funds the State agency used in FY 1995 to serve participants who were receiving cash assistance under a State program funded under title IVA of the Social Security Act.
1 Based on information provided by each State agency, FNS established claimed Federal E&T expenditures on this category of recipients in fiscal year 1995 for the State agencies of Colorado $318,613, Utah $10,200, Vermont $1,484,913, and Wisconsin $10,999,773. These State agencies may spend up to a like amount each fiscal year to serve SNAP recipients who also receive title IV assistance.
2 All other State agencies are prohibited from expending any Federal E&T funds on title IV cash assistance recipients.
iii If a State agency will not obligate or expend all of the funds allocated to
E:FRFM05JAR2.SGM

05JAR2