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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
ii How the workforce partnership would provide services and activities described in paragraph n5i of this section that would directly enhance the employability or job readiness of the participant.
6 Application to employment and training. i Workforce partnerships may not use any funds authorized to be appropriated by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
ii If a member of a SNAP household is required to participate in an employment and training program in accordance with paragraph a1ii of this section, the State shall consider an individual participating in a workforce partnership certified in accordance with paragraph n4 of this section to be in compliance with the employment and training requirements. The State agency cannot disqualify an individual for no longer participating in a workforce partnership. When a State agency learns that an individual is no longer participating in a workforce partnership, and the individual had been subject to mandatory E&T in accordance with paragraph a1ii of this section, the State agency must re-screen the individual to determine if the individual qualifies for an exemption from the work requirements in accordance with paragraph b of this section, and re-screen the individual to determine if the individual meets State criteria for referral to an E&T program or component in accordance with paragraph c2 of this section. After this re-screening, if it is appropriate to require the individual to participate in an E&T program, the State agency may refer the individual to an E&T program or workforce partnership, as applicable.
7 Supplement, Not Supplant. A state agency may use a workforce partnership to supplement, not to supplant, the employment and training program of the State agency.
8 Application to work programs.
Workforce partnerships certified in accordance with paragraph n4 of this section are included in the definition of a work program under 7 CFR
273.24a3 for the purposes of fulfilling the ABAWD work requirement.
9 The State agency shall not require any member of a household participating in SNAP to participate in a workforce partnership.
10 List of workforce partnerships. A
State agency shall maintain a list of workforce partnerships certified in accordance with paragraph n4 of this section. A State agency must also inform any SNAP participant whom the State agency has determined is likely to benefit from participation in a workforce partnership of the availability
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of the workforce partnership, and provide the participant with all available pertinent information regarding the workforce partnership to enable the participant to make an informed choice about participation.
The information must include, if available: contact information for the workforce partnership; the types of activities the participant would be engaged in through the workforce partnership, screening criteria used by the workforce partnership to select individuals, the location of the workforce partnership, the work schedule or schedules, any special skills required to participate, and wage and benefit information, if applicable.
11 Participation in a workforce partnership shall not replace the employment or training of an individual not participating in a workforce partnership.
12 A workforce partnership may select individuals for participation in the workforce partnership who may or may not meet the criteria for the general work requirement at 7 CFR 273.7a, including participation in E&T, or the ABAWD work requirement at 7 CFR
273.24a1.
13 Reporting. Workforce partnership reporting requirements to the State agency are limited to the following:
i On notification that an individual participating in the workforce partnership is receiving SNAP benefits, notifying the State agency that the individual is participating in a workforce partnership;
ii Identifying participants who have completed or are no longer participating in the workforce partnership;
iii Identifying changes to the workforce partnership that result in the workforce partnership no longer meeting the certification requirements in accordance with paragraph n4 of this section; and iv Providing sufficient information, on request by the State agency, for the State agency to verify that a participant is fulfilling the applicable work requirements in paragraph a of this section or 7 CFR 273.24.
4. In 273.14, add paragraph b5 to read as follows:
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Recertification.

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5 Advise of available employment and training services. i At the time of recertification, the State agency shall advise household members subject to the work requirements of 273.7a who reside in households meeting the criteria in paragraph b5ii of this section of available employment and
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training services. This shall include, at a minimum, providing a list of available employment and training services electronically or in printed form to the household.
ii The State agency requirement in paragraph b5i of this section only applies to households that meet all of the following criteria, as most recently reported by the household:
A Contain a household member subject to the work requirements of 273.7a;
B Contain at least one adult;
C Contain no elderly or disabled individuals; and D Have no earned income.

5. In section 273.24:
a. Revise paragraph a3;
b. Amend paragraph b1iii by removing the word or at the end of the paragraph;
c. Revise paragraph b1iv;
d. Add paragraph b1v;
e. Revise paragraph b2;
f. Add paragraph b8;
g. Amend the paragraph g subject heading by removing the words 15
percent and adding in its place the word Discretionary;
h. Amend paragraph g1
introductory text by removing the words 15 percent exemption and adding in their place the words discretionary exemptions; and i. Amend paragraph g3
introductory text by removing the number 15 and adding in its place the number 12.
The revisions and additions read as follows:
273.24

Time limit for able-bodied adults.

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3 Work Program means:
i A program under title 1 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA Pub. L.113128;
ii A program under section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 19 U.S.C. 2296;
iii An employment and training program operated or supervised by a State or political subdivision of a State agency that meets standards approved by the Chief Executive Office, including a SNAP E&T program under 2 73.7e excluding any job search, supervised job search, or job search training program.
However, a program under this clause may contain job search, supervised job search, or job search training as subsidiary activities as long as such activity is less than half the requirement. Participation in job search, supervised job search, or job search training as subsidiary activities that
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