Support provided to a participant to obtain and maintain an individual job in competitive or customized employment, or self-employment, in an integrated work setting in the general workforce for which an individual is compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals without disabilities. The service may be delivered for an intensive period upon the participant’s initial employment to support the participant who, because of their disability, would not be able to sustain employment without supports. Supports in the intensive period are delivered in a face-to-face setting, one-on-one. The service may also be delivered to a participant on a less intensive, ongoing basis (“follow along”) where supports are delivered either face-to-face or by phone with the participant and/or his or her employer.
Services are individualized and may include but are not limited to:
- Training and systematic instruction
- Job coaching
- Benefit support/planning
- Job development
- Travel training
- Training that will enable an individual to be successful in integrating on a job setting (even where not specifically related to job-skills)
- Job site analysis