407-025-0010 Definitions for Employment First In addition to the following definitions, OAR 411-317-0000 and OAR 411-345-0020 include general definitions for words and terms frequently used in OAR chapter 407, division 025. If a word or term is defined differently in OAR 411-317-0000 and OAR 411-345-0020, the definition in this rule applies. (1) “Career Development Plan” means the part of an individual’s service plan documenting the individual’s choices about employment and career advancement as directed in OAR 407-025-0050. (a) A Career Development Plan identifies: (A) An individual’s employment goals and objectives. (B) The services and supports needed to achieve those goals. (C) The people, agencies, and providers assigned to assist the individual to attain those goals. (D) The obstacles to the individual working in an individualized job in a competitive integrated employment setting, and the services and supports necessary to overcome those obstacles. (b) A Career Development Plan is based on person-centered planning principles. (2) “Competitive integrated employment” means, consistent with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 705), work that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis (including self-employment): (a) For which an individual: (A) Is compensated at a rate that: (i) Is not less than the higher of the rate specified in federal, state, or local minimum wage law; and (ii) Is not less than the customary rate paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by other employees who are not individuals with disabilities, and who are similarly situated in similar occupations by the same employer and who have similar training, experience, and skills; or (B) In the case of an individual who is self-employed, yields an income that is comparable to the income received by other people who are not individuals with disabilities, and who are self-employed in similar occupations or on similar tasks and who have similar training experience, and skills; and (C) Is eligible for the level of benefits provided to other employees; (b) That is at a location: (A) Typically found in the community; and (B) Where the employee interacts with other people: (i) For the purpose of performing the duties of the position with other employees within the particular work unit and the entire work site; and (ii) As appropriate to the work performed, other people, such as customers and vendors, who are not individuals with disabilities (not including supervisory personnel or the people who are providing services to such employee) to the same extent that people who are not individuals with disabilities and who are in comparable positions interact with other people; and (c) That, as appropriate, presents opportunities for advancement that are similar to those for other employees who are not individuals with disabilities and who have similar positions. (3) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS). (4) “Developmental disabilities services” mean the services and service settings described in OARs chapter 411, division 004 and divisions 300 through 455. (5) “Director” means the Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services. (6) “Employment provider” means a qualified provider of employment services that meets the requirements to deliver employment services. (7) “Employment services” mean the services provided or funded by the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services or Vocational Rehabilitation that are intended to assist an individual with an intellectual or developmental disability to obtain, maintain, or advance in, competitive integrated employment as described in OAR chapter 411, division 345 and defined in OAR 411-345-0020. (8) “Individual” means a young adult or an adult who currently receives, or will receive, developmental disabilities services. (9) “Integrated employment setting” means: (a) An employment setting that satisfies the requirements for competitive integrated employment; or (b) An employment setting that provides opportunities for individuals to interact with other people, who are not individuals with disabilities, in a manner typical to the employment setting. (10) “Statewide Employment First Coordinator” means the person or people designated by the Department to oversee and coordinate all activities required by these rules, including coordination of the Statewide Employment First Advisory Committee described in OAR 407-025-0115. (11) “These rules” mean the rules in OAR chapter 407, division 025 about Employment First and advancing competitive integrated employment for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050 & Oregon Laws 2025, Chapter 228 (Senate Bill 810) Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.050, 427.007 & Oregon Laws 2025, Chapter 228 (Senate Bill 810) History: DHS 3-2025, amend filed 12/23/2025, effective 01/01/2026 DHSD 5-2015, f. 8-7-15, cert. ef. 8-9-15 DHSD 2-2015(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-11-15 thru 8-9-15 DHSD 1-2014, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-14 DHSD 4-2013, f. & cert. ef. 10-1-13