Prevocational Supports (339) #
Budget Category: #
Employment and Community Participation
Description/Providers: #
Prevocational Supports
Service Code Description: #
This service is provided to participants tailored to their specific personal outcomes related to the acquisition, improvement and/or retention of skills and abilities to support and prepare the participant for community participation, interdependence, independence, and/or community integrated work. The participant selects this service from among service options including non-disability specific settings. The service options are based on the participant’s individualized needs and preferences. The participant receives this service in settings that are integrated in and support full access to the greater community, and allows for participant comfort, interdependence, independence, preferences, and use of any technology. The participant’s choices are incorporated into the services and supports and his/her essential personal rights of privacy, dignity and respect, and freedom from coercion are protected. The service settings must allow the participant to control personal resources. In addition, the settings must allow the participant to receive breaks in the same manner as a nondisabled individual. Prevocational supports are individually designed and provided in the manner specified by the planning team to assist participants to gain employment, including self-employment or volunteer work, in community integrated environments to achieve the participant’s personally defined outcomes. These services and supports also include activities related to job discovery, self-employment, and retirement. The intended outcome of this service is to further habilitation goals that will lead to greater opportunities for competitive integrated employment and career advancement at or above minimum wage. The participant may receive any combination of Prevocational Supports, including:
• Physical capacities development, i.e., health concerns.
• Psychomotor skills development.
• Interpersonal, communicative/social and adaptive skills development, e.g., responding appropriately to supervisors/coworkers.
• Work habits development, e.g., attendance and punctuality, focusing on tasks.
• Development of vocationally appropriate dress and grooming.
• Productive skills development, i.e., the achievement of productivity standards and quality results.
• Work-practices training, e.g., following directions, completing tasks.
• Work-related skills development, e.g., problem solving, path planning to future employment opportunities.
• Money management and income reporting skills.
• Volunteerism to assist the person in identifying job or career interests.
Prevocational supports are designed to prepare individuals in non-job-task-specific strengths and skills that contribute towards obtaining a competitive and integrated employment, as opposed to vocational services whose sole purpose is to provide employment without habilitation goals geared towards skill building. Transportation from the participant’s residence is not a component of this service. The above described services and supports cannot be provided when available under a program funded under §110 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 730) or §602(16) and (17) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA.)(20 U.S.C. 1401 (16 and 17))
EVV Required? #
No
