Code of Maine Rules › 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › 597 - BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES › Chapter 2 - RULE GOVERNING THE COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 597-2-6 - INDIVIDUAL SERVICE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Informed Career Planning; Individual Service Strategy.
For purposes of this rule, the ISS is the individual career
				plan that is developed by the participant and case manager. The ISS includes
				all funding sources planned to meet the participant's needs, including CSSP
				resources and resources other than CSSP. Those ISS plans that include CSSP
				funding must comply with this rule. CareerCenter staff must endeavor to assure
				that all applicants and participants, before their ISS plans are developed, are
				fully informed of the opportunities available to them through CSSP as well as
				through other programs. In addition to the occupations established in Section
				4, applicants and participants must be
				provided, in writing, a complete list of education, training and support
				services available through CSSP so that need for services can be determined per
				Section 6.3. A list of the same services must also be made available to
				CareerCenter customers so they may understand the opportunities available if
				they wish to apply.
2.
Timing.
The ISS must be created within forty-five
				(45) days from the date of Stage Two eligibility determination pursuant to
				Section 3.2. Services provided under the ISS and enrollment in CSSP commence as
				a participant when the ISS is signed by the CSSP applicant and the Career
				Center manager or her/his designee.
3.
Comprehensive Assessment.
The comprehensive assessment determines whether an applicant
				who is Stage One eligible for CSSP has a marketable post-secondary degree, the
				ability to succeed in their program and whether their education or training and
				related occupational goal meets the criteria of Section
				4. The assessment also assists the
				applicant and case manager in determining the applicant's education and
				training and support service needs. The case manager and the applicant must:
A. Review the industries and occupations
				available pursuant to Section
				4, together with labor market
				information about the demand for employment in Maine and within her or his
				labor market area, the value of wages and benefits, educational requirements of
				the training, total occupation and training program costs and availability of
				educational programs for her or his employment goal.
B. Verify the applicant is admitted to a
				diploma, certificate, or degree program at an education or training institution
				that is eligible to receive financial aid funds under the Higher Education Act
				or in a CSSP approved certificate or industry recognized training provider
				program.
C. Assess, determine the
				need for and list the various supports including total costs of all support
				services that may be available within and outside of CSSP that are necessary
				for the applicant to succeed educationally and survive financially during the
				course of his or her education.
D.
				Assess whether prerequisite, developmental, English language learner or
				refresher courses and a high school diploma, equivalency or general equivalency
				diploma are required to participate successfully in a program leading to a
				postsecondary degree, certificate or credential recognized by industry or
				trade. Determine if pre-requisite, developmental, English language learner or
				refresher courses and high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma
				and the minimum requirements of the education and training program can be met
				within the 52 week time period pursuant to Section 6.6.
E. Determine the applicant's ability to
				succeed in her or his program by assessing; interests in field of study and
				employment, high wage and significant demand employment opportunities within
				their labor market, academic achievement and aptitudes required of the training
				program and occupation, transferable work skills related to the employment
				goal, physical capacity to perform the work, financial subsistence capability
				for the duration of the training program, ability to complete the program
				pursuant to Section 2.1 and 6.6, and reemployment services needed to prepare
				for job search.
F. Determine if the
				applicant has a marketable post secondary degree pursuant to Section 1.9.
G. Determine capability to
				participate successfully in online courses required of the education and
				training program.
H. Determine if a
				disclosed physical or cognitive disability may have vocational implications on
				training, employ ability or fulfilling the requirements of the occupation and
				whether appropriate accommodations will be needed.