Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - WORK INCENTIVE (WIN) PROGRAM MANUAL › Chapter III - SUPPORTIVE SERVICES › Section 144-311-III-I - WIN Supportive Services

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The provision of supportive services is an integral part of
					 the WIN Program. An individual is not required to accept work or training
					 unless the Department of Human Services is able to meet supportive service
					 needs. Supportive services shall be authorized for 30 days following the WIN
					 participant's placement in full-time employment even if earnings disqualify the
					 individual from financial assistance. This period may he extended to 90 days,
					 providing the individual has not entered unsubsidized employment from OJT or
					 PSE. The amount of Federal Financial Participation for the following WIN
					 supportive services is 90% of the total cost; the services may he provided by
					 the Department of Human Services directly or through contact with another
					 agency:
A. Day Care Services: Day care
				  services for children include the care of a child within or outside his own
				  home by a responsible individual. They can also be provided in contracted or
				  non-contracted family day care homes or group day care centers. The service
				  must be available throughout the total "participant day". The participant day
				  includes the period of time during which the individual is at work or in
				  training, is commuting to the work or training site and any additional time
				  that may be needed for the individual to arrive at the day care facility or
				  sitter's home to pick up the child.
In-home child care will not be utilized if a non-relative
					 provides the care for more than 20 hours per week due to the Fair Labor
					 Standards Act, which mandates that the minimum wage be paid to non-relative
					 in-home baby-sitters.
B.
				  Family Planning Services: These include those social, educational and medical
				  services which enable individuals to limit voluntarily the family size, space
				  birth of children, or prevent or reduce the incidence of births out of wedlock.
				  Such services include, but are not limited to, the provision of printed
				  materials, group discussions and individual counseling which provides
				  information about and discussion of family planning, medical contraceptive
				  services and supplies and help in utilizing medical and educational resources
				  available in the community.
C.
				  Health-Related Services: Health-related services are those social services
				  provided for the purpose of assisting individuals to attain and retain as
				  favorable a condition of physical and mental health as possible. These services
				  help individuals to identify and understand their health needs and to secure
				  and utilize necessary medical treatment and health maintenance and preventive
				  health services, including services in medical emergencies. Such services do
				  not include any costs of medical care which are reimbursable under Title XIX,
				  such as dental work and eye care for persons under 21.
D. Homemaker Services: Homemaker Services
				  provide care of individuals in their homes and help individual caretaker
				  relatives in overcoming specific barriers to achievement of optimum household
				  and family management. Services are provided by a trained and supervised
				  homemaker.
E. Home Management and
				  Other Functional Educational Services: Home Management and Other Functional
				  Educational Services are learning opportunities directed toward the improvement
				  of daily living. These include formal or informal instruction and training in
				  management of household budgets, maintenance and care of the home, preparation
				  of food, nutrition, consumer education, family life, child rearing and health
				  maintenance.
F. Housing Improvement
				  Services: Housing Improvement Services provides help to families and
				  individuals to improve landlord-tenant relations, identify sub-standard
				  housing, secure correction of housing code violations and relocate to more
				  suitable housing.
G. Select
				  Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Restoration services are provided to
				  correct or substantially modify a physical, mental or emotional condition which
				  is a handicap to employment. Services include, but are not limited to, surgery,
				  psychiatric treatment, prosthetic devices, speech or hearing therapy, eye
				  glasses and visual services and dental care. Such services may be purchased
				  only when the Bureau of Rehabilitation is not able to finance them through its
				  own resources or the service is not available through Medicaid.