ARM 37.34.981. 0208 MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES PROGRAM: SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT, INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT

(1) Individual employment supports are habilitation services and staff supports needed by a person to acquire integrated employment or career advancement in the general workforce. Individual employment support is delivered in a competitive, customized, or self-employment setting. The outcome of this service is paid employment in a competitive, customized, or self-employment setting within the general workforce that meets the person's personal and career goals, as documented in the plan of care. (2) Individual employment supports may include: (a) person-centered employment planning; (b) job development; (c) negotiation with prospective employers; (d) creating a job description based on a task derived from a single traditional job (job carving); (e) job placement; (f) support for career advancement opportunities; (g) job analysis; (h) training, support, coordination, and communication in related skills needed to obtain or retain employment; (i) job coaching; (j) job loss support; and (k) benefit planning support. (3) Individual employment supports may be provided in conjunction with other employment services.