Appendix A - Legal Authority

Appendix A: Legal Authority

SNAP Employment and Training (E&T)

Performance Measurement, Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

(OMB No. 0584-0614)

Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, section 16, paragraph (h)(5)(B)

(B) REPORTING MEASURES.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation

with the Secretary of Labor, shall develop State reporting

measures that identify improvements in the

skills, training, education, or work experience of members

of households participating in the supplemental

nutrition assistance program.

(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—Measures shall—

(I) be based on common measures of performance

for Federal workforce training programs; and

(II) include additional indicators that reflect

the challenges facing the types of members of

households participating in the supplemental nutrition

assistance program who participate in a

specific employment and training component.

(iii) STATE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall

require that each State employment and training plan

submitted under section 11(e)(19) identifies appropriate

reporting measures for each proposed component

that serves a threshold number of participants

determined by the Secretary of at least 100 people a

year.

(iv) INCLUSIONS.—Reporting measures described

in clause (iii) may include—

(I) the percentage and number of program

participants who received employment and training

services and are in unsubsidized employment

subsequent to the receipt of those services;

(II) the percentage and number of program

participants who obtain a recognized credential,

including a registered apprenticeship, or a regular

secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent,

while participating in, or within 1 year after

receiving, employment and training services;

(III) the percentage and number of program

participants who are in an education or training

program that is intended to lead to a recognized

credential, including a registered apprenticeship

or on-the-job training program, a regular secondary

school diploma or its recognized equivalent,

or unsubsidized employment;

(IV) subject to terms and conditions established

by the Secretary, measures developed by

each State agency to assess the skills acquisition

of employment and training program participants

that reflect the goals of the specific employment

and training program components of the State

agency, which may include, at a minimum—

(aa) the percentage and number of program

participants who are meeting program

requirements in each component of the education

and training program of the State

agency;

(bb) the percentage and number of program

participants who are gaining skills likely

to lead to employment as measured

through testing, quantitative or qualitative

assessment, or other method; and

(cc) the percentage and number of program

participants who do not comply with

employment and training requirements and

who are ineligible under section 6(b); and

(V) other indicators approved by the Secretary.

7 CFR 273.7(c)(17)

(17) The State agency shall submit an annual E&T report by January 1 each year that contains the following information for the Federal fiscal year ending the preceding September 30.

(i) The number and percentage of E&T participants and former participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after completion of participation in E&T.

(ii) The number and percentage of E&T participants and former participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after completion of participation in E&T.

(iii) Median average quarterly earnings of the E&T participants and former participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after completion of participation in E&T.

(iv) The total number and percentage of participants that completed an educational, training work experience or an on-the-job training component.

(v) The number and percentage of E&T participants who:

(A) Are voluntary vs. mandatory participants;

(B) Have received a high school degree (or GED) prior to being provided with E&T services;

(C) Are ABAWDs;

(D) Speak English as a second language;

(E) Are male vs. female

(F) Are within each of the following age ranges: 16-17, 18-35, 36-49, 50-59, 60 or older.

(vi) Of the number and percentage of E&T participants reported in paragraphs (c)(17)(i) through (iv) of this section, a disaggregation of the number and percentage of those participants and former participants by the characteristics listed in paragraphs (c)(17)(v)(A), (B), and (C) of this section.

(vii) Reports for the measures identified in a State's E&T plan related to components that are designed to serve at least 100 participants a year; and

(viii) States that have committed to offering all at-risk ABAWDs participation in a qualifying activity and have received an additional allocation of funds as specified in §273.7(d)(3) shall include:

(A) The monthly average number of individuals in the State who meet the conditions of §273.7(d)(3)(i);

(B) The monthly average number of individuals to whom the State offers a position in a program described in §273.24(a)(3) and (4);

(C) The monthly average number of individuals who participate in such programs; and

(D) A description of the types of employment and training programs the State agency offered to at risk ABAWDs and the availability of those programs throughout the State.

(ix) States may be required to submit the annual report in a standardized format based upon guidance issued by FNS.

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