#Waiverwise: Prevocational Services
Waiver services should be person centered. You will create a Service Plan within the budget limit ( $16,545 annually for FSW). There is more information available on this process in the waiver manual.
More information, including service costs, available in the manual:
http://provider.indianamedicaid.com/ihcp/manuals/DDRS%20HCBS%20Waiver%20Provider%20Manual.pdf
Prevocational Services
Prevocational Services are services that prepare a participant for paid or unpaid employment. Prevocational Services include teaching concepts such as compliance, attendance, task completion, problem-solving, and safety. Services are not job-task oriented, but instead, aimed at generalized results. Services are habilitative in nature and not explicit employment objectives.
Reimbursable activities under Prevocational Services include the following:
Monitoring, training, education, demonstration, or support provided to assist with the acquisition and retention of skills in the following areas:
Paid and unpaid training compensated at less than 50% of the federal minimum wage
Generalized and transferrable employment skills acquisition
These activities may be provided using off-site enclave or mobile community work crew models. Participants may choose to utilize Supported Employment Follow Along (SEFA) Services and Prevocational Services during the same service plan year
The following are limitations on group sizes: Small (4:1 or smaller) Medium (5:1 to 10:1) Larger (larger than 10:1 but no larger than 16:1)
The following activities are not allowed under Prevocational Services:
Services that are available under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or section 602(16) & (17) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Activities that do not foster the acquisition and retention of skills
Services in which compensation is greater than 50% of the federal minimum wage
Activities directed at teaching specific job skills
Sheltered employment, facility- or community-based
Services furnished to a minor by parent(s), stepparent(s), or legal guardian
Facility settings are defined as non-residential, non-integrated settings that take place within the same building(s) for the duration of the service rather than being out in the community.
• Community settings are defined as non-residential, integrated settings that are primarily out in the community where services are not rendered within the same building(s) alongside other non-integrated participants.
Prevocational Services
Prevocational Services are services that prepare a participant for paid or unpaid employment. Prevocational Services include teaching concepts such as compliance, attendance, task completion, problem-solving, and safety. Services are not job-task oriented, but instead, aimed at generalized results. Services are habilitative in nature and not explicit employment objectives.
Reimbursable activities under Prevocational Services include the following:
Monitoring, training, education, demonstration, or support provided to assist with the acquisition and retention of skills in the following areas:
Paid and unpaid training compensated at less than 50% of the federal minimum wage
Generalized and transferrable employment skills acquisition
These activities may be provided using off-site enclave or mobile community work crew models. Participants may choose to utilize Supported Employment Follow Along (SEFA) Services and Prevocational Services during the same service plan year
The following are limitations on group sizes: Small (4:1 or smaller) Medium (5:1 to 10:1) Larger (larger than 10:1 but no larger than 16:1)
The following activities are not allowed under Prevocational Services:
Services that are available under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or section 602(16) & (17) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Activities that do not foster the acquisition and retention of skills
Services in which compensation is greater than 50% of the federal minimum wage
Activities directed at teaching specific job skills
Sheltered employment, facility- or community-based
Services furnished to a minor by parent(s), stepparent(s), or legal guardian
Facility settings are defined as non-residential, non-integrated settings that take place within the same building(s) for the duration of the service rather than being out in the community.
• Community settings are defined as non-residential, integrated settings that are primarily out in the community where services are not rendered within the same building(s) alongside other non-integrated participants.
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