5101:4-3-33. Food assistance employment and training: supervised job search

(A) What is supervised job search?

Supervised job search is a supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) employment and training (E&T) activity in which applicants and participants are provided a reasonable opportunity to find suitable employment.

(B) What are the requirements of supervised job search?

(1) Supervised job search shall occur at a site in which the county agency determines an individual is able to be directly supervised while participating in this component. Each site shall be listed in the county agency's SNAP E&T plan. Examples include the OhioMeansJobs centers operated by the local workforce development board, resource rooms at the job and family services office, or the OhioMeansJobs.com website.

(2) Time spent in activities in supervised job search shall be tracked within the case record. Information tracked may include, but is not limited to: the participant's name; date and time of attendance; hours spent in supervised job search; and the number of applications submitted to employers.

(3) Supervised job search hourly requirements are established by the county agency pursuant to the time limit described in paragraph (C) of this rule and shall be assigned in accordance with rule 5101:4-3-31 of the Administrative Code.

(C) What are the time limits for supervised job search?

(1) Except as described in paragraphs (C)(1)(a) and (C)(1)(b) of this rule, a county agency shall not assign supervised job search as a continuous, year-round assignment for a SNAP E&T participant who is either a volunteer or an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) who resides in a county subject to a waiver of the ABAWD time-limit approved in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 273.24 (6/2006).

(a) An assignment to supervised job search immediately following certification of SNAP benefits shall not exceed thirty days.

(b) When thirty days have passed since the initial assignment to supervised

job search and a county agency determines that supervised job search is the most suitable assignment, supervised job search may be assigned for as long as the county agency believes it will provide the SNAP E&T participant a reasonable opportunity to find suitable employment.

(2) For a SNAP E&T participant who is an ABAWD subject to the time-limit described in rule 5101:4-3-20 of the Administrative Code, supervised job search may be assigned as follows:

(a) When an ABAWD is meeting the ABAWD work requirements described in paragraph (B)(2) of rule 5101:4-3-20 of the Administrative Code by participating in SNAP E&T, supervised job search may be assigned at any time during the certification period with no durational limitation. However, the supervised job search activity must be paired with another SNAP E&T activity and the required hours of supervised job search must be less than half of the total number of hours the ABAWD is required to participate in SNAP E&T.

(b) When an ABAWD is meeting the work requirement described in paragraph (B)

(2) of rule 5101:4-3-20 of the Administrative Code through something other than SNAP E&T (e.g., work) but an assignment to SNAP E&T supervised job search is appropriate, the assignment shall be made in accordance with paragraph (C)(1) of this rule.

Effective: 11/1/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 9/1/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5101.54
Rule Amplifies: 5101.54 , 329.04
Prior Effective Dates: 03/01/1983, 07/01/1984, 08/01/1985, 03/01/1987, 12/01/1987 (Emer.), 02/15/1988, 01/01/1989, 06/30/1989 (Emer.), 09/23/1989, 04/02/1990, 09/01/1993, 12/01/1995 (Emer.), 02/19/1996, 07/01/1996 (Emer.), 10/01/1997 (Emer.), 12/20/1997, 01/20/2003, 10/01/2007, 01/01/2013, 09/01/2018