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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.21.28.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="28" heading="MHVP Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Entitlement and Resource Education Services. The program director shall ensure that MHVP staff educate an individual about:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The financial impact of employment on disability benefits, entitlements, and other benefits;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Access to such Social Security programs as Plan to Achieve Self- Sufficiency and Impairment-Related Work Expense and the individual's rights and responsibilities under such programs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Access to additional benefits and other resources; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Benefits and risks of disclosure to the employer of the individual's disability.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Job Development and Placement Services. The program director shall ensure that MHVP staff:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Develop close cooperation with industries, unions, and other community resources related to employment opportunities;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Regularly survey the local business community and develop an ongoing marketing strategy to increase employment opportunities for individuals served;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>When appropriate, facilitate an appropriate match between an individual and a job by reviewing the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Benefits and wages;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Necessary work skills;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Required functional abilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If applicable, accommodations and adaptations required for the individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Opportunities to participate in work-related social activities to develop natural support; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Employee orientation;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>When appropriate, ensure that the individual receives, at a minimum, information regarding the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Job duties;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Salary scale and benefits;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Work schedule;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Responsibilities of the employer;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Responsibilities of the individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Fringe benefits;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Wage payment practices;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Nondiscrimination provisions; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Process for the filing and resolution of grievances; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>When an individual's employment status changes, assists the individual to maintain the goal of employment by facilitating additional job placements.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Employment Support Services. The program director shall ensure that, as required by an individual's IVP, the individual's employment specialist:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provides or arranges for the provision of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Job coaching, which includes training in job tasks and responsibilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Assistance, upon request, and with the individual's consent, to the industry on effective strategies to help the individual remain on the job; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Activities directed toward the development of skills, including, but not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Personal hygiene and grooming specific to the employment environment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Effective communication with supervisor and coworkers; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Transportation to and from work; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Extended support services, which may include §C(1)(a) — (c) of this regulation, in order to assist the individual to maintain employment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Encourages the individual to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Use natural supports; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Develop an employment-related support system through relationships with coworkers, supervisors, and others in the work environment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Provides the services outlined in this regulation, when appropriate, and with the individual's consent, at the job site or at another location appropriate to the individual's needs; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Has at least two face-to-face contacts a month with the individual.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>