Idaho SB 1330: Extended Employment Services Program

Relating to Extended Employment Services; Amending Title 33, Idaho Code, By the Addition of a New Chapter 62, Title 33, Idaho Code, To Define Terms, To Establish an Extended Employment Services Program, To Provide Eligibility Requirements…

“33-6202. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. (1) There is hereby established in the board an extended employment services (EES) program for the purpose of increasing employment opportunities for program participants. The program shall be administered by the division. Extended employment services offered under the program are separate and apart from any federal program but may be collaborative with and supportive of federal programs. Administrative costs charged to the EES program shall be limited, subject to federal indirect cost rate matching requirements, and subject to audit and review.

(2) Program services shall be:
(a) Provided when eligible individuals do not have access to comparable services or have fully utilized comparable services for which they are eligible; and
(b) Separate and apart from and delivered subsequent to vocational rehabilitation services as defined in 29 U.S.C. 705(40), provided by the division.

33-6203. ELIGIBILITY. (1) A person is eligible to participate in the program if the person:
(a) Has a disability that constitutes a barrier to maintaining paid employment without long-term vocational support…”