This was a live-streamed session at the 2024 SNAP E&T National Forum. With a shared focus on propelling economic mobility and career pathways, community college and human service partnerships can have a transformative impact on people and communities.
This session explains how to use focus groups, user-testing, data analytics and real-life experience to attract and inform participants.
FNS solicited input and feedback from state SNAP agencies about what makes an effective SNAP E&T program, what elements should be included in a framework for determining an effective program and any additional considerations that should inform this effort.
This session will highlight partnerships between local anti-hunger advocates, employers and the state/county leaders responsible for designing and implementing effective SNAP E&T programs.
In this interactive session, audience members engaged with different stages that simulate the experience of the immediate weeks following incarceration to meet employment-related needs, including obtaining identification, maintaining housing, applying for benefits and complying with supervision requirements, such as treatment and parole officer meetings.
In this session, SNAP E&T participants, North Carolina partners and state staff share their unique stories of how their roles have evolved into something more meaningful than just a job.
This session will explore how Colorado has integrated the Goal4 It! coaching model into its case management approach for Employment First (SNAP E&T) alongside other programs as part of a state-wide initiative to improve the consistency and quality of workforce development services.
The SNAP E&T program in Hennepin County, Minnesota, created a comprehensive onboarding guide which provides step-by-step information to assist providers from day one. This session will include sharing the step-by-step process onboarding guide, including the documents and resources that are utilized.
In this session, you will learn more about the Collective Impact model, including how cross-sector partnerships can be nurtured. You will explore how to identify if existing efforts you are connected to might be a good fit for this model, and to expand the reach and impact of your work.
This session explored how SNAP E&T providers and state agencies thoroughly assess participants to identify and address the multitude of barriers that can prohibit SNAP recipients from being successful in SNAP E&T.