Sec.17b-666-5. Services provided

(a) Services provided under the employment opportunities program are limited to coaching and other related services that are necessary in order for the eligible individual to maintain employment:

(1) that is in an integrated site; and

(2) for which the average weekly compensation to the eligible individual is, at a minimum, the dollar equivalent of fifteen hours of work at the minimum wage for the State of Connecticut.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, the bureau may continue providing coaching and other related services which were being provided to an individual as of the effective date of this section in an employment site which does not meet the requirements established in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section. Clients for whom this subsection applies who become unemployed shall be eligible to reenter the employment opportunities program under the provisions of this subsection within one year of termination from that employment.

(c) The level of services provided by the employment opportunities program shall not exceed that which the client is expected to need once intensive support services have been completed.

(d) Services will be rendered to an individual by a provider approved by the bureau which meets the needs and is consistent, to the extent practicable, with the informed choice of the client. In such cases where the client or his or her representative chooses services which will be at a higher cost than the bureau determines is reasonably necessary in order for the individual to maintain employment, the bureau will not be responsible for the additional cost.

(Adopted effective November 17, 2003)