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Education barriers; Career goal/interests; and Supportive service needs.

After completion of the assessment, the MDES Staff will develop a detailed Individual Employment Plan (IEP) for the participant. The IEP will include the assessment results for the individual’s career goal, qualifications, transferable skills, job-related assets, and barriers to employment. Individual Employment Plan (IEP) The IEP must include the following items: Date the IEP was created; Proposed activities (road map to success);

Any assessed employment barriers; Employment goal(s); Referrals, if any, made to other service providers; Participant’s consent and date; and Any other information relevant to employment and training. The IEP must be reviewed and updated, if necessary, during regularly scheduled meetings, or when a component or activity changes. Participant Engagement and Activity Assignments All TWP participants are required to participate in allowable work activities as scheduled and assigned by the MDES Staff. Activity assignments must be in compliance with all TWP policies and procedures. TWP activities are defined as Core or Non-Core activities as outlined below: 1. Core Activities (8) – are allowable work activities in which all countable participation (actual hours, holidays, and excused hours counted) reported will be counted toward the participant’s monthly participation requirement. The eight (8) core activities are: Unsubsidized employment Subsidized private employment Subsidized public employment Work experience On-the-job training Job readiness/job search (120/180 hour maximum in any 12-month period and no more than four consecutive weeks) Community service Vocational education training (12-month lifetime limit)

4. Non-Core Activities (3) – are allowable work activities in which countable participation (actual hours, holidays, and excused hours counted) reported will only be counted toward the participant’s monthly participation required, if the individual participates an average of 20 hours per week in one of the core activities. The three (3) non-core activities are: