Resources to Initiate Successful Employment (RISE) is a three year Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) pilot that runs December 1, 2015 through September 30, 2018, funded by the US Department of Agriculture. RISE will enhance the current Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) program by adding a standardized approach to comprehensive case management, work-based learning, and Strategies for Success, all to address the gap in the success of participants who face multiple barriers. Employment Security Department has undertaken the Strategies for Success portion of the program.
This is a randomized study, where all participants will be assigned to either the RISE (treatment) group or the BFET (control) group. While most pilot participants will be randomly assigned to a group on a 50/50 basis, you ages 16-17 will be randomly assigned on a 70% treatment/30% control group ratio due to a lack of resources available to this population.
Key Team Members
Shannon Booth - Procedures/technical assistance/program questions - shannon.booth@esd.wa.gov
Data/reports - LMAPSystemPerformance@esd.wa.gov
Contracts/grants- ESDGPGrantsOffice@esd.wa.gov
Policy Questions - SystemPolicy@esd.wa.gov