SNAP E&T: Program Vision and Resources

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Every person deserves a pathway to success.

SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) is a voluntary program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The program offers recipients job seeking skills, classroom training, and structured employment search, at no cost to participants.

SNAP E&T services are a combined effort between the Iowa Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Workforce Development (IWD), and community partnerships. HHS determines participant eligibility and provides oversight to IWD who is the administrative intermediary for the program. IWD contracts with eligible providers to deliver SNAP E&T services. 

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Vision

The program will expand opportunities for Iowans and empower them to achieve sustainable wage employment through training, employment services, and job readiness activities in all 99 counties by December 31, 2025.

  • Program Expansion: The E&T program will provide additional pathways for participants to engage in activities that promote self-sufficiency and stability, creating a diverse network of E&T Service Providers through partnerships with community colleges, community-based organizations, and other state agencies.
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E&T in Action

SNAP E&T in Action is a four-part vieo series that highlights successful outcomes from SNAP E&T program participants.

  • Self Sufficiency
  • Economic Impact
  • Fit for Purpose
  • New Partnerships

View these videos at this link.

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Success in E&T - Iowa Highlights

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Resources

State Resources

Federal Resources

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USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

(Source) In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), religious creed, disability, age, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English.  Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the agency (state or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (833) 620-1071, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to:

  1. mail:
    Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
    1320 Braddock Place, Room 334
    Alexandria, VA 22314; or
  2. fax:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. email:
    FNSCIVILRIGHTSCOMPLAINTS@usda.gov


This institution is an equal opportunity provider.


Name of Organization: Iowa Workforce Development 
Name of Program: SNAP E&T 
Contact Information for Program Staff: snapet@iwd.iowa.gov

Because this program is supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the Federal Government, we are required to let you know that: 
 

  1. We may not discriminate against you on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice;
  2. We may not require you to attend or participate in any explicitly religious activities
    (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) that are offered by our organization, and any participation by you in such activities must be purely voluntary; 
  3. We must separate in time or location any privately funded explicitly religious activities
    (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) from activities supported with direct Federal financial assistance; and
  4. You may report violations of these protections, including any denials of services or benefits by an organization, by contacting or filing a written complaint with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Center for Civil Rights Enforcement, Program Complaint Division by mail, fax, or e-mail at:

    Mail:
    United States Department of Agriculture
    Director, Center for Civil Rights Enforcement
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC 20250-9410

    Fax: (202) 690-7442

    Email: program.intake@usda.gov

    (5)    If you would like to seek information about whether there are any other federally funded organizations that provide these kinds of services in your area, please contact etpolicy@dhs.state.ia.us.

This written notice must be provided to you before you enroll in the program or receive services from the program, unless the nature of the service provided, or exigent circumstances make it impracticable to provide such notice before we provide the actual service. In such an instance, this notice must be provided to you at the earliest available opportunity. 

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