Jeb Bush
Governor
Susan Pareigis
Director	
MEMORANDUM

DATE:		November 9, 2004

TO:		Selected Regional Workforce Board Executive Directors*

FROM:	Lois A. Scott, Program Manager, One Stop and Program Support

SUBJECT:	Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) Program Local Operating
		Plan Instructions

The attached planning instructions are provided to assist the local Regional Workforce Boards (RWBs) operating the Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) program in writing the local plan of operations for the 2004-2005 Federal Fiscal year.  These planning instructions are being provided as requested in the recent conference calls held on October 14 and October 21.  Once approved, the FSET plan will become a part of each region’s currently approved five-year plan.  

When changes in conditions or other factors require substantial revisions to an approved local plan, the Regional Workforce Board shall submit the local plan revisions to the governor’s representative, Workforce Florida, Inc. (WFI).  The RWB will be responsible for developing and submitting to the WFI a Local Operating Plan for the FSET program by December 21, 2004.  RWBs are requested to use the attached plan template, including the language in the Introduction, or to include the following statement in your local plan: Florida’s Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) Program is being implemented compatibly with underlying WIA plans at the state and local levels.

When submitting the plan, RWBs are requested to send two originals and one electronic version to: 

Workforce Florida, Inc.
1974 Commonwealth Lane
Tallahassee, FL 32303-3196

Attention: Helen Jones
hjones@workforceflorida.com

Selected Regional Workforce Board
  Executive Directors
November 9, 2004
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Please contact Delores Coachman at (850) 245-7411 (SunCom 205-7411) or by e-mail at Delores.Coachman@awi.state.fl.us if there are questions or if additional information is needed.

*Edward LeBrun					Gary J. Earl
Richard Williams					Edward Peachey
Kimberly Shoemaker				Renee Benton
Robert W. Bodine					Lee Ellzey
William Deming					Mary Helen Kress
John Chastain					Edith Humes-Newbold
Bruce Ferguson					Joseph Paterno
Rachel Bishop-Cook					Rick Fraser 
Thomas Skinner

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cc:	Mike Switzer					Jennilee Robins