2005 Vermont Code - § 1106. — Required services to participating families

§ 1106. Required services to participating families

The commissioner shall provide participating families case management services, initial assessment of the full range of services needed by each family, periodic reassessment of service needs and the family development plan, and referral to any agencies or programs that provide the services needed by participating families to improve the family's prospects for job placement and job retention, including the following:

(1) Appropriate child care, available at times that will enable employment or participation in services indicated by the participating family's family development plan. As used in this subdivision, "appropriate child care" shall not include:

(A) Child care that the department of social and rehabilitation services' child care services division classifies as legally exempt child care, and that a parent or caretaker determines to be unacceptable; and

(B) Child care that the department of social and rehabilitation services' child care services division classifies as either a registered family child care home or a licensed child care center, and that a parent or caretaker determines to be unacceptable when such determination is confirmed by the child care services division.

(2) Transportation which will enable employment or participation in services indicated by the participating family's family development plan.

(3) Career counseling, education, and training, and job search assistance consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

(4) Vocational rehabilitation.

(5) Medical assistance.

(6) Homelessness prevention and housing assistance. For homeless families, housing search is a "job-readiness assistance activity" as long as consistent with the department's rules.

(7) Family planning education and counseling.

(8) Assistance with obtaining documentation of an apparent or claimed physical, emotional, or mental condition that reasonably can be presumed to limit or eliminate the individual's capacity to engage in employment or other work activity.

(9) Any other services identified in the family development plan and determined by the commissioner to be necessary and appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter. (Added 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.)