Rule 5101:4-9-04 | SNAP E&T case management.
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.
Last updated October 1, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Supplemental Information
Amplifies: 5101.54
Five Year Review Date: 10/1/2029
Prior Effective Dates: 9/1/1976, 12/31/1977, 11/1/1980, 5/1/1982, 3/1/1983, 8/1/1985, 3/1/1987, 12/1/1987 (Emer.), 2/15/1988, 6/30/1989 (Emer.), 9/23/1989, 9/29/1989 (Emer.), 12/16/1989, 4/2/1990, 11/1/1990, 4/1/1991, 7/1/1991, 10/1/1991 (Emer.), 12/2/1991, 5/1/1992, 11/1/1992, 9/1/1993, 2/1/1994 (Emer.), 4/15/1994, 12/1/1995 (Emer.), 2/19/1996, 7/1/1996 (Emer.), 9/29/1996, 10/1/1997 (Emer.), 12/1/1997 (Emer.), 1/8/1998, 1/6/2003, 1/20/2003, 12/29/2006 (Emer.), 12/31/2006, 1/8/2007, 1/1/2008, 10/1/2008 (Emer.), 12/18/2008, 2/1/2012, 10/1/2013, 10/1/2014, 7/1/2017, 11/1/2019, 11/18/2021, 6/16/2022, 10/1/2023