Job Retention Services provided to SNAP E&T participants who have secured employment after participating in another E&T activity; only individuals who have received other employment and/or training services under the E&T program are eligible for job retention services. Individuals must have received SNAP benefits in the month of or the month prior to starting job retention services. This activity is meant to help participants who have secured employment achieve satisfactory performance, retain employment, or to increase earnings over time. Such services and reimbursable participant costs may include, but are not limited to:

- Case management.

- Life skill classes.

- Referrals to other services.

- Dependent care assistance.

- Transportation assistance.

- Clothing required for the job.

- Equipment or tools required for the job.

-Test fees.

- Union dues.

- Licensing and bonding fees.

Individual circumstances may warrant job retention services that begin at various times, such as on the day a job offer is accepted, the day the individual reports the information to their E&T case manager, the 1st day of the job, or other time based on the availability and type of services. Retention services must be provided for a minimum of 30 days, but not more than 90 days. The provider may identify when the 90 days of job retention services start, however, the household must have been receiving SNAP in the month of or the month prior to beginning job retention services.

Job retention services are available to a participant for each new job or promotion the individual obtains, as long as the improvement was gained as a result of participation in SNAP E&T. For example, if a person gains employment through a new job, receives 90 days of job retention services, and then later finds a different job, they would generally not be eligible for a new 90-day period of job retention services. However, if the individual re-engaged in SNAP E&T services and then gains new employment, they would be eligible for additional job retention services. There may be circumstances where a person participates in job search, gains employment and receives 30 to 90 days of job retention services. This person may later reengage with SNAP E&T after a job loss to search for work or obtain career or technical training to find a better job and could qualify for an additional 90 days of job retention services.

Workforce One Activity: Job Retention Services.