Or. Admin. Code § 407-025-0030 - Employment Services Provided through ODDS and VR
(1) ODDS and VR will provide employment
services as described in section (6) of this rule to at least 7000 unique
individuals in the ODDS/VR target population, including sheltered workshop
workers who wish to receive those employment services, between July 1, 2013 and
July 1, 2022, in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) By July 1, 2014, to at least 600
individuals.
(b) By July 1, 2015,
to at least 1,350 individuals.
(c)
By July 1, 2016, to at least 2,200 individuals.
(d) By July 1, 2017, to at least 3,000
individuals.
(e) By July 1, 2018,
to at least 3,800 individuals.
(f)
By July 1, 2019, to at least 4,600 individuals.
(g) By July 1, 2020, to at least 5,400
individuals.
(h) By July 1, 2021,
to at least 6,200 individuals.
(i)
By July 1, 2022, to at least 7,000 individuals.
(2) The requirement in this section that
additional individuals receive employment services by a given date refers to a
cumulative number of additional individuals.
(3) Any sheltered workshop worker who, in his
or her career development plan as described in OAR
407-025-0050 indicates a desire
to work in an integrated employment setting and to receive employment services
as described in section (5) of this rule, shall receive these employment
services.
(4) The policy group, as
defined in OAR 407-025-0020, shall be
responsible for recommending metrics aimed at assessing the delivery of
employment services described in this rule to sheltered workshop workers who
desire to receive employment services, as well as reviewing the state's
performance under those metrics.
(5) Both ODDS/VR target populations will
receive employment services as described in section (6) of this rule. The
delivery proportions of employment services to different target populations
shall be reviewed by the policy group to assure delivery is consistent with the
expected outcomes as outlined in this rule. On an annual basis, beginning July
1, 2016, the Department shall evaluate whether the service numbers in section
(1) of this rule should be increased or otherwise changed in light of the
demand for services and other appropriate factors. By September 1, 2016, and
annually thereafter, the Department shall report in writing its evaluation and
any recommendations to the policy group.
(6) For an individual to be counted as being
provided an employment service under this rule, that individual must have
received one or more of the following:
(a)
Discovery services though ODDS;
(b) Comprehensive vocational assessments
through VR;
(c) An approved IPE
with VR;
(d) Job development
services through ODDS; or
(e)
Supported employment services through ODDS.
(7) None of the services listed in section
(6) of this rule shall be counted in a way that creates a duplicate count of
individuals that were provided employment services. Any additions to the list
of employment services to be counted will be subject to review and approval by
the policy group.
(8) The policy
group shall be responsible for recommending outcome metrics aimed at assessing
the effectiveness of the employment services described in this rule as well as
reviewing the Department's performance under those metrics.
(9) Any person or organization may request a
goals achievement statement as defined in OAR
407-025-0010 from the Department
if the Department has not published a currently effective goals achievement
statement.
(a) If the Department has not
already published a goals achievement statement, the Department must publish a
goals achievement statement upon request.
(A)
The person or organization must submit the request in writing or email to the
Director or the Statewide Employment Coordinator.
(B) Within ten (10) business days of receipt
of a request for a goals achievement statement, the Department shall deliver by
US Mail or email to the requesting person or organization a written
acknowledgement of the request.
(C) The Director or Statewide Employment
Coordinator shall publish the Department's goals achievement statement and
shall deliver the statement to the requesting person or organization by
certified US Mail within forty-five (45) calendar days of the receipt of
request.
(b) If the
Department publishes a goals achievement statement, and if any person or
organization disagrees with that statement, a complainant may submit a
grievance to the Director or Statewide Employment Coordinator.
(A) The complainant must submit the grievance
in writing to the Director or Statewide Employment Coordinator within three (3)
calendar months of the goals achievement statement being published.
(B) The grievance must specify what part of
the goals achievement statement the complainant is grieving and the remedy
sought, if applicable.
(C) The
Department will consolidate all grievances with respect to a particular goals
achievement statement into a single proceeding.
(D) Within ten (10) business days after three
(3) calendar months from the goals achievement statement being published, the
Director or Statewide Employment Coordinator shall deliver by US Mail or email
to any complainants, a written acknowledgement of the grievances. The
acknowledgement shall offer the complainants the opportunity to meet with the
Director or the Statewide Employment Coordinator within ten (10) business days
of the date of the Department's letter to resolve the grievance informally.
(E) If the grievances are resolved
informally, the Director or Statewide Employment Coordinator shall deliver by
certified US Mail within forty-five (45) calendar days of resolution, a written
response documenting the agreed upon resolution.
(F) If a complainant declines the informal
review, which may be made verbally, in writing, by email, or no response, or
the grievance is not resolved during the informal review, then the Director or
Statewide Employment Coordinator shall deliver to the complainant a written
decision by certified US Mail within forty-five (45) calendar days of receipt
of the grievance.
(G) If the
complainant is unsatisfied with the Department's decision, the complainant may
seek additional review in through a contested case hearing as provided under
ORS 183.411 to
183.471. The Department, in its
sole discretion, may consolidate any requests for hearing into a single
contested case proceeding with respect to a particular goals achievement
statement.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 409.050
Stats. Implemented: ORS 409.050
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