The Vendor is required to provide regulations requiring certain participants to engage with an employment and training (E&T) program to receive food assistance benefits.
- The requirements are centered on providing association participants opportunities to gain skills, education, training, work, or experience that will increase their ability to obtain gainful, unsubsidized employment and meet state or local workforce needs.
- The program operator shall work closely and collaboratively with the department, discuss suggestions or issues as issues occur, and incorporate guidance from the department while performing the work described within this work and the agency E&T operations handbook.
- The program operator shall coordinate and prioritize all work to ensure all performance requirements are fulfilled by their deadlines.
- The program operator shall employ an internal quality control process to ensure that all deliverables are complete, accurate, easy to understand, and of high quality.
- The program operator shall participate in the review and revision process until the department provides written acceptance of the deliverable.
- The program operator must provide copies of any supporting documentation to the department upon request of the department and without charge within three business days of the request.
- A comprehensive employability assessment.
- Progress monitoring through case comments (attempted contact and contact with the client).
- Progress monitoring through case comments are to be completed at least once a month.
- Coordination with and referrals to other employment and training service providers, when applicable (must be developed and revisited when the individualized service plan is developed).
- The program operator shall use a manual tracking system of reporting as required in the association E&T program operations handbook for all reporting of programmatic activity.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: May 28, 2025