Snap E & T 50% operational grant

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded $3.921 million to the Georgia Department of Human Services on October 1, 2025, under the State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.561), a formula grant covering SNAP Employment and Training operational costs at 50 percent federal participation.

The award funds employment and training services delivered to SNAP participants throughout Georgia during the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The Department of Human Services Financial Services Division, doing business as Division of Aging Services, serves as the prime recipient and administers pass-through funding to multiple sub-recipients.

Sub-recipients delivering employment and training services and participant reimbursement include Center For Employment Opportunities Inc. (award date October 28, 2025), Careerrise Inc. (October 7, 2025), First Step Staffing Inc. (October 2, 2025), Goodwill Industries Of Middle Georgia Inc. (October 1, 2025), Step Up Savannah Inc. (September 26, 2025), and Goodwill Of North Georgia Inc. (February 7, 2025). Per Scholas Inc. holds an administrative contract sub-award dated September 26, 2025. These organizations provide participant recruitment, eligibility screening, career advisement, skills training, job placement, retention support, and participant reimbursement to support long-term employment outcomes for eligible SNAP participants.