President Trump made a commitment to the American people to cut wasteful spending, Make America Healthy Again, and to combat fraud, waste, and abuse—restoring common sense to government. Under the leadership of Secretary Rollins, USDA’s FNS has taken swift and decisive action to be representative of the change the American people voted for.
Each state agency is required to implement an employment and training program for the purpose of assisting members of SNAP households in gaining skills, training, work, or experience that will increase their ability to obtain regular employment and meets state or local workforce needs. All state agencies are required to submit an annual E&T state plan to FNS for review and approval.
2024 SNAP E&T Opening Plenary.
Registered Apprenticeship is an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, receive progressive wage increases, classroom instruction and a portable, nationally recognized credential. In this session, attendees learn how to sponsor a Registered Apprenticeship program and/or participate as an apprentice and start building your career.
State and local Workforce Development Boards offer important strategic partnership opportunities for SNAP agencies and SNAP E&T programs by offering onramps to career pathway training, a pipeline to high-quality jobs with local employers and access to workforce services and funding that extend beyond the SNAP E&T program.
This session took attendees through the fiscal life journey of SNAP E&T programs from a fiscal perspective.
This session provided participants with an overview of the three-year long assessment of the SNAP E&T Data Reporting project and the creation of DATASET.
This session was a brief overview of SNAP E&T history and policy basics.
This session will explore the pivotal role of Community Action Agencies (CAAs) in delivering equitable SNAP E&T services to rural communities.
This panel discussion will focus on how SNAP and the AbilityOne program can positively impact public administration and the disability community through collaboration.