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6. Community services. The case manager and job readiness trainer will work together to remove any barriers to successful job placement. If the decision is that the participant needs additional education, job skills training, work experience, etc., the case manager will schedule a face-to-face reevaluation meeting with the participant to discuss future work activity assignments. The case manager will close the job readiness/job search component and assign the participant to the appropriate work activity. At any time in the future a potential job placement becomes available, the job readiness trainer/employment coordinator will notify the case manager. The case manager will work with the participant’s current component provider and the potential employer to coordinate the job interview. The case manager will inform the participant of the location, date and time for the interview. The interview, along with the results, will be documented in the participant’s case record. The participant’s current component assignment will be continued while the person goes for the job interview and, if hired, continued until the employment start date. When the person starts work, the current component will be closed, if no longer needed, and the appropriate employment component will be assigned. The following guidelines will be used to determine appropriate work activity assignments: Lack of Work Experience Participants needing additional work experience may be assigned to community service or AWEP. Participants assigned to these activities will be reevaluated every 90 days, at a minimum, to monitor their progress. Based on the evaluation results, the case manager will contact the job readiness trainer to assess the possibility of job placement. Lack of Education or Training Participants needing additional education or training in order to obtain employment will be referred back to case management for vocational education training, job skills training/education directly related to employment or work experience. Suspected Disabilities If the case manager or job readiness trainer suspects that a participant has a disability, the case manager will refer the participant to the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and/or the Mississippi Department of Mental Health for assessment and encourage the participant to seek a medical evaluation. The case manager will

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