SNAP E&T 2024 National Forum: Breaking Down Barriers and Building Futures with SNAP E&T

This was a live-streamed session at the 2024 SNAP E&T National Forum. This session explored how SNAP E&T providers and state agencies thoroughly assess participants to identify and address the multitude of barriers that can prohibit SNAP recipients from being successful in SNAP E&T. The session highlighted the importance of screening and referral, assessment, case management models and organizational and systemic collaboration. A state SNAP agency and several E&T providers shared their strategies for providing comprehensive wrap around services that result in successful program completions and transitions to fruitful careers.

Presenters:

• Derrick Dolphin, Senior Analyst, Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, FNS-USDA
• Christopher Nasados, E&T Program Analyst, Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, FNS-USDA
• Jessica Bacon, Supervisory Vocational Development Specialist, DC DHS
• Don Gatewood, Vice President, Chief Workforce Development Officer, S.O.M.E. (So Others Might Eat)
• Kelli Crabtree, Chief Human Development Officer, Coalfield Development
• Dana Fenwick, Chief Service Delivery Officer, Career Team