Snap E & T 50% operational grant

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Connecticut Department of Social Services $4.009 million on October 1, 2025, through the State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.561), with performance through September 30, 2026, in Connecticut.

This formula grant funds SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) operations at fifty percent federal cost, supporting employment and training services for SNAP recipients who are able and available to work and not receiving Temporary Family Assistance cash assistance. The department sub-awarded portions of this funding to seven sub-recipients delivering direct employment and training services statewide: Friendship Service Center, Inc. (supervised job search and job retention under the CTPathways program); Jewish Family Services Of Greenwich, Inc. (wrap-around case management services); Connecticut State Community College (vocational education, case management, job retention, and supervised job search); Goodwin University Inc. (short-term employment and training programs with direct employment linkage); New London Homeless Hospitality Center, Inc. (short-term employment and training programs); Connecticut Center For Arts & Technology Inc. (career assessments, individual training plans, and short-term certificate programs); and Forge City Works, Inc. (Hartford-area culinary vocational training, supervised job search, and job retention services under the FCW CTPathways program). Sub-awards were obligated between November 25, 2025, and June 30, 2026.