COMAR 10.09.26.08-1. Covered Services for Supported Employment

A. Supported employment services are available to waiver participants:

(1) Who previously resided in a State residential center or nursing facility;

(2) For whom competitive employment at or above the minimum wage is unlikely; and

(3) Who, because of their disability, need ongoing post-employment support to perform in a work setting.

B. Supported employment services are designed to assist a waiver participant with accessing and maintaining paid employment. The services shall be provided as required and recommended in the waiver participant's ISP, as an alternative model of day habilitation.

C. Supported employment services include:

(1) Individualized assessment and development of employment-related goals and objectives;

(2) Individualized and group counseling;

(3) Individualized job development, placement, and work adjustment services that produce an appropriate job match between the waiver participant and the waiver participant's employer;

(4) On-the-job training in work and work-related skills required to perform the job;

(5) Ongoing evaluation, supervision, and monitoring of the waiver participant's performance on the job which are required because of the waiver participant's disabilities, but which do not include supervisory activities rendered as a normal part of the business setting;

(6) Ongoing support services necessary to assure job retention;

(7) Training in related skills essential to obtaining and retaining employment, such as the effective use of community resources and break or lunch areas, and transportation and mobility training;

(8) Transportation between the waiver participant's place of residence and the workplace, when other forms of transportation are unavailable or inaccessible;

(9) Adaptive equipment necessary to obtain and retain employment; and

(10) Community integration activities.