Assessing Equity in Work Requirements and SNAP Employment and Training

Summary

Section 17 [7 USC 2026] (a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, provides general legislative authority for the planned data collection. It authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into contracts with private institutions to undertake research that will help improve the administration and effectiveness of SNAP. FNS is conducting this study to identify data available from SNAP state agencies, their E&T provider partners, and other sources that can be used to develop measures to assess equity in the administration of SNAP work requirements and E&T services. The developed measures can be used to determine how and whether states are providing equitable access to SNAP through the administration of work requirements, achieving equitable participation in education and training opportunities through the SNAP E&T program, and adopting program option and discretionary policies and procedures that influence disparities.

Request for Comments

Comments regarding this information collection received by Sept. 9, 2024 will be considered.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

Need and Use of the Information

FNS has identified four objectives for this study:

1. Identify areas in the administration of work requirements in SNAP and in SNAP E&T program administration and access where equity issues could occur.
2. Identify and describe the data that could be used to assess access and outcomes in the areas identified in Objective 1.
3. Describe how state agencies address equity in administering work requirements in their SNAP and SNAP E&T programs.
4. Develop recommendations on how FNS should assess and measure equity in the administration of work requirements in SNAP and in SNAP E&T program administration and access.