Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 707.000 - Transitional cash assistance program: employment services program
Section 707.110 - Completion of an Employment Development Plan (EDP)
Universal Citation: 106 MA Code of Regs 106.707
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) Developing an EDP.
(1) An EDP will be
completed every year for:
(a) a grantee who
the Department determines must participate in an Employment Services Program
(ESP) component because there are available component slots;
(b) a grantee who volunteers to participate
in ESP;
(c) all teen parents who
have not graduated from high school or do not have a HiSET
certificate;
(d) a grantee needing
support services to work or to participate in ESP or in a self-initiated
program not funded by ESP as provided in
106 CMR
707.120;
(e) a dependent child 16 or 17 years of age
who is not in school and must participate in the ESP Educational
Component;
(f) a grantee or an
ineligible grantee specified in
106 CMR 703.150(A)(2)
referred to community service who:
1. volunteers to participate in community
service;
2. is mandated to
participate in community service because he or she did not meet the
participation requirements of another ESP component; or
3. needs support services to participate in
community service;
(g) a
grantee participating in the Full Employment Program; and
(h) any other grantee who the Department
determines needs an EDP.
(2) An initial assessment interview shall be
conducted by a Department worker at application or the eligibility review and
shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) the collection of information about the
individual's education, skills and employment background;
(b) a discussion of the available services to
help the individual obtain and maintain a job;
(c) a review of the individual's ESP
requirement as specified in
106 CMR 707.000;
and
(d) a discussion of the
available ESP components that will best help the individual obtain and maintain
a job.
(3) The following
criteria are used to develop an EDP:
(a) the
initial assessment of the individual's education, skills and work
experience;
(b) available program
resources to support the individual in the ESP activity and his or her
employment goal;
(c) the
individual's need for and the availability of support services as provided in
106 CMR
707.210;
(d) the individual's vocational and
employment interests;
(e)
employment opportunities in the northeast regional labor market as found in the
Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Occupational
Outlook Handbook and Labor Market Surveys; and
(f) the component requirements as provided in
106 CMR
707.120 through
707.180.
(4) The EDP shall contain:
(a) the individual's employment goal and the
activities needed to meet the employment goal;
(b) ESP component activities in which the
individual will participate;
(c)
necessary support services; and
(d)
the anticipated start and end dates for the activities.
(5) An EDP shall be approved when:
(a) the EDP is consistent with the
regulations found in 703.150: TAFDC Work Program and 707.000
through 707.180;
(b) the activities
in the EDP are consistent with the goal of the individual obtaining a
job;
(c) the EDP is consistent with
the assessment or reassessment of the individual's education, skills and work
experience; and
(d) the component
activities and support services, subject to appropriations, are available.
When an EDP is not approved, the Department shall document the reasons.
(6)
Except for individuals who failed to meet their Work Program requirements, the
written EDP must be mutually agreed to and signed by the individual and a
Department worker. The individual shall be provided a copy of the EDP.
An EDP is not a contract. An EDP is valid for the period stated in the plan, but not for more than 12 months unless, in accordance with 106 CMR 707.110(C), there is a need to reassess the EDP.
(7) An individual unable to agree with the
contents of the EDP may have the EDP reviewed by a Department supervisor to
help resolve the matter.
(B) Component Placement and Availability.
(1) The Department
refers individuals for placement in an available component activity. These
referrals shall include, but not be limited to, ESP-funded and non-ESP funded
component activities.
(2) If there
is no opening in an ESP component chosen by the individual, the EDP will not be
approved and the individual will be required to select another component
activity.
(3) An individual may
find his or her own community service site which must be approved by the
Department.
(C) Reassessment. An individual's EDP will be reassessed by the Department when:
(1) he or she requests
a reassessment;
(2) the individual
has completed the activities in the current EDP;
(3) an individual participating in the Full
Employment Program (FEP) has not found unsubsidized employment; or
(4) the Department determines that a
reassessment is needed.
The reassessment shall include, but not be limited to, exploring the reasons why the individual is not employed or is not able to complete his or her component activity, and a determination of any additional activities needed to meet the employment goal of the current EDP.
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