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Idaho Statutes Title 56. Public Assistance and Welfare § 56-1801. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the department of health and welfare.

(2) “Extended employment services” means long-term maintenance services that assist participants in maintaining employment or gaining employment skills in preparation for community employment or that provide assistance to adult participants within an industry or a business setting or a community rehabilitation program intended to maintain paid employment. Extended employment services include individual community-based supported employment, group community-based supported employment, and work services.

(3) “Group community-based supported employment” means self-employment or paid employment that is:

(a) For a group of no more than eight (8) participants who are paid at least minimum wage and who because of their disabilities need ongoing support to maintain employment;

(b) Conducted in a variety of community and industry settings where participants have opportunities to interact with coworkers or others without known paid work supports, at least to the extent that those opportunities typically exist in that work setting;

(c) Supported by training and supervision needed to maintain that employment; and

(d) Not conducted in the work services area of a provider.

(4) “Individual community-based supported employment” means self-employment or paid employment:

(a) For which a participant is paid a competitive wage;

(b) For which a participant because of the participant's disability needs ongoing support to maintain the employment;

(c) That is conducted in a community or industry setting where persons without known paid work supports are employed; and

(d) That is supported by authorized activities needed to sustain paid work by persons with disabilities, including but not limited to supervision and training.

(5) “Individual program plan” means a plan for extended employment services appropriate for an individual participant based on the participant's needs and personal goals.

(6) “Participant” means a person eligible for and enrolled in the program established pursuant to this chapter.

(7) “Program” means the extended employment services program established by this chapter.

(8) “Provider” means a community rehabilitation program services provider approved by the department to provide extended employment services.

(9) “Work services” means activities, including remunerative work, typically conducted on provider premises, intended to assist participants in understanding the value and demands of work and developing functional capacities that increase or maintain the skill sets needed to achieve and maintain employment.

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