TITLE 56

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 18

EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM

56-1802.  PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. (1) There is hereby established in the department an extended employment services program for the purpose of increasing employment opportunities for program participants. The program shall be administered by the department. Extended employment services offered under this program are separate and apart from any federal program but may be collaborative with and supportive of federal programs.

(2)  Program services shall be:

(a)  Provided when eligible individuals do not have access to comparable services or when they have fully utilized comparable services for which they are eligible; and

(b)  Separate and apart from any delivered vocational rehabilitation services as defined in 29 U.S.C. 705(40) provided by the Idaho division of vocational rehabilitation.

(3)  The department will determine the process for identifying comparable services.

History:

[(56-1802) 56-1702, added 2022, ch. 200, sec. 2, p. 652; am. and redesig. 2023, ch. 218, sec. 21, p. 645.]