Every individual enrolled in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and training
program (E & T) is able to receive case management services from an E &
T case manager. This rule describes elements of case management, including the
role it plays in monitoring progress in the SNAP E & T
program.
(A)
What is case management?
(1)
A county agency
is to design its SNAP E & T case management services to support a
partnership between a SNAP E & T enrolled participant and an E & T case
manager to help the participant develop the resources, skills, and sustained
behavior changes necessary to attain and preserve their economic independence
and progress through the SNAP E & T program.
(2)
The timing and
frequency of case management services is to be individualized, but is to
include contact between the E & T case manager and SNAP E & T enrolled
participant no less than every thirty days.
(B)
What are the
responsibilities of SNAP E & T case managers?
(1)
At least once a
month, every SNAP E & T enrolled participant is to be provided with case
management services by an E & T case manager. Case management may be
provided in person, via email or over the phone, but is to include the option
for direct discussion between the SNAP E & T enrolled participant and the E
& T case manager.
When a SNAP E & T enrolled
participant does not utilize case management services for two consecutive
months, the SNAP E & T case manager may stop attempting to provide case
management services. However, an enrolled SNAP E & T participant who is
otherwise making satisfactory progress in SNAP E & T is not to be
disenrolled from SNAP E & T based only on not participating in case
management.
(2)
E & T case managers are to ensure that case
management supports the progress of a SNAP E & T enrolled participant
without allowing case management to become an impediment to
participation.
(3)
When an E & T case manager becomes aware of a
circumstance that may qualify a SNAP E & T enrolled participant for an
exemption from a work requirement or good cause for noncompliance with a work
requirement, the E & T case manager is to provide that information to the
appropriate staff in the county agency who can then make the
determination.
(4)
When a SNAP E & T enrolled participant has been
assigned to case management, the E & T case manager is to record the number
of hours a SNAP E & T enrolled participant will spend in case management
(if any) in the Ohio benefits integrated eligibility system.
(a)
An able-bodied
adult without dependents (ABAWD) is only to be assigned hours in case
management if they are also assigned to one or more SNAP E & T components
and the number of hours in case management is not to exceed more than half of
all SNAP E & T assigned hours.
(b)
When recording
the number of hours spent in case management, only allowable SNAP E & T
activities should be recorded. For example, the hours a SNAP E & T enrolled
participant spends with an E & T case manager identifying a temporary
housing solution are to be recorded, but the hours spent actually moving into
temporary housing are not part of an allowable SNAP E & T component or
activity and therefore are not to be recorded.
Replaces: 5101:4-3-29, 5101:4-3-31
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
5101:4-9-04
Effective:
10/1/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
10/01/2029
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 5101.54
Rule
Amplifies: 5101.54
Prior
Effective Dates: 09/01/1976, 12/31/1977, 11/01/1980, 05/01/1982, 03/01/1983,
08/01/1985, 03/01/1987, 12/01/1987(Emer.), 02/15/1988, 06/30/1989 (Emer.),
09/23/1989, 09/29/1989 (Emer.), 12/16/1989, 04/02/1990, 11/01/1990, 04/01/1991,
07/01/1991, 10/01/1991(Emer.), 12/02/1991, 05/01/1992, 11/01/1992, 09/01/1993,
02/01/1994 (Emer.), 04/15/1994, 12/01/1995 (Emer.), 02/19/1996, 07/01/1996
(Emer.), 09/29/1996, 10/01/1997 (Emer.), 12/01/1997 (Emer.), 01/08/1998,
01/06/2003, 01/20/2003, 12/29/2006(Emer.), 12/31/2006, 01/08/2007, 01/01/2008,
10/01/2008 (Emer.), 12/18/2008, 02/01/2012, 10/01/2013, 10/01/2014, 07/01/2017,
11/01/2019, 11/18/2021, 06/16/2022,
10/01/2023
