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Vermont Department for Children and Families Economic Services Division Reach Ahead Rules 2505
Services Component
2505 Services Component (7/1/2015, 15-08)
A. Eligibility for participation in the Reach Ahead services component is simultaneous with eligibility for the Reach Ahead benefit and is limited to 24 cumulative months of the participating adult’s lifetime.
B. The Reach Ahead services component consists of support services (including a 100 percent child care services subsidy), referral to other agencies or programs, including workforce development, that provide the services needed by participating families to improve the family’s prospects for employment retention.
C. When necessary, the services component may include case management services.
2505.1 Case Management Services (7/1/2015, 15-08)
A. If a family needs case management, the case manager and the family may develop a family development plan.
B. Case management services and the family development plan shall focus on employment retention and advancement.
C. In developing a plan and providing case management services, the department shall follow Reach Up rules 2302 through 2315 to the extent they are related to and limited to services necessary for job retention and advancement.
D. When case management is provided, the case manager and adults in the family may develop a new or extend the operation of an existing Reach Up family development plan following the process of Reach Up rule 2332.
E. If practicable, the case manager shall be the same case manager previously assigned to and working with the family.
2505.2 Family Development Plans (7/1/2015, 15-08)
For families requesting a family development plan, the department may assist the family in developing a plan relying on Reach Up rule 2330, but only to the extent that it is consistent with Reach Ahead rules and the program purposes to assist the family to maintain or enhance existing employment.