The 2017 SNAP E&T Learning Academy, announced in October by Under Secretary Concannon, will provide an opportunity for 34 individuals to gain technical expertise on SNAP E&T that prepares them to work within their State or across multiple States building job-driven SNAP E&T programs. Participants from community colleges, hunger coalitions, State advocacy organizations, local workforce boards, national nonprofits, providers and State SNAP agencies will join their fellow participants to work on individual SNAP E&T projects. These efforts are designed to develop effective and high-quality SNAP E&T programs in their State or across multiple States. All final participants were selected based on a competitive application process. The USDA blog announcement can be found here.
FNS is pleased to announce the selection of the following participants:
| Erica Kea-Muhammad | Maryland Department of Human Resources |
| Tamila Lay | Pennsylvania Department of Human Services |
| Andrew Schramm | Kirkwood Community College |
| Matthew Shepherd | Social Innovation Laboratory |
| Melissa Karabensh | North Dakota Department of Human Services |
| Carrie Thomas | Chicago Jobs Council |
| Latanya Law-Fountain | Illinois Department of Human Services |
| Diane Doherty | Illinois Hunger Coalition |
| Andrea McConnell | Minnesota Department of Human Services |
| Kari Berg | Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department |
| Hua Moua | Ramsey County Workforce Solutions |
| Janet Hales | Ohio Poverty Law Center |
| Jayne Wanless | Wisconsin Department of Health Services |
| Jonathan Wiggins | Dane County Department of Human Services |
| John Padilla | New Paradigms Consulting, LLC |
| Jenny Taylor | Goodwill of North Georgia |
| Leitha Harris | Kentucky Division of Family Support |
| Shauna King-Simms | Kentucky Community and Technical College System |
| Teretha Bell | North Carolina Community College System |
| Deborah Reed-Cole | South Carolina Department of Social Services |
| Celia Cole | Feeding Texas |
| Aisha Crawford | Texas Workforce Commission |
| Sterling Foote | SERS-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. |
| Lisa Countryman | JVS-San Francisco |
| Sarah Turner | California Department of Social Services |
| Angel Garcia | California Workforce Development Board |
| Don Coston | Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services |
| Caitlin Docker | Code for America |
| Chris Warland | Heartland Alliance National Initiative |
| Jenny Welch Buller | University of KS Center for Public Partnerships and Research |
| Ken Barnes | Corporation for Skilled Workforce |
| Michelle Carson | Safal Partners |
| Nune Phillips | Center for Law and Social Policy |
| Raina Sutton | Center for Employment Opportunities |