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Revision 18-2; Effective September 3, 2018
6710 Employment Assistance
Revision 20-2; Effective October 1, 2020
Employment assistance is assistance provided to help a member locate paid employment in the community and includes:
- identifying a member's employment preferences, job skills, and requirements for a work setting and work conditions;
- locating prospective employers offering employment compatible with a member's identified preferences, skills and requirements; and
- contacting a prospective employer on behalf of a member and negotiating the member's employment.
Documentation must be maintained in the member’s record that the service is not available to the member under a program funded under Section 110 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or under a program funded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Title 20 U.S.C. §1401 et seq.).
An employment assistance service provider's credentials must satisfy one of these options:
Option 1:
- a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation, business, marketing or a related human services field; and
- six months of documented experience providing services to people with disabilities in a professional or personal setting.
Option 2:
- an associate degree in rehabilitation, business, marketing or a related human services field; and
- one year of documented experience providing services to people with disabilities in a professional or personal setting.
Option 3:
- a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED); and
- two years of documented experience providing services to people with disabilities in a professional or personal setting.
6720 Supported Employment
Revision 18-2; Effective September 3, 2018
Supported employment is assistance provided, in order to sustain competitive employment, to a member who, because of a disability, requires intensive, ongoing support to be self-employed, work from home, or perform in a work setting at which individuals without disabilities are employed. Supported employment includes adaptations, supervision, training related to a member's assessed needs and earning at least minimum wage (if not self-employed). In the state of Texas, this service is not available to members receiving waiver services under a program funded under Section 110 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Documentation is maintained in the member's record that the service is not available to the member under a program funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. §1401 et seq.).
A supported employment service provider's credentials must satisfy one of these options:
Option 1:
- a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation, business, marketing or a related human services field; and
- six months of documented experience providing services to people with disabilities in a professional or personal setting.
Option 2:
- an associate's degree in rehabilitation, business, marketing or a related human services field; and
- one year of documented experience providing services to people with disabilities in a professional or personal setting.
Option 3:
- a high school diploma or State of Texas Certificate of High School Equivalency; and
- two years of documented experience providing services to people with disabilities in a professional or a personal setting.