Have an active role in providing in-reach, outreach, education, transition, and linkage activities to individuals in facility-based sheltered workshops, day programs, and secondary schools. PROVIDER CAPACITY The State, including BHDDH and ORS, will ensure that it supports and maintains a sufficient capacity to deliver Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services to individuals in the Rhode Island Sheltered Workshop, Rhode Island Day Program, and Rhode Island Youth Exit Target Populations, including qualified supported employment providers and integrated day providers, consistent with the terms of this Consent Decree. The State, including BHDDH and ORS, will ensure that the supported employment providers and/or integrated day providers have a sufficient array of trained staff, adequate staff supervision, appropriate policies and procedures, a quality improvement program, and the capacity to deliver Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services consistent with the terms of this Consent Decree. By September 1, 2014, the State, including BHDDH and ORS, will establish, implement, and enforce pre-qualification requirements for all Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services providers that supply services to individuals in the Rhode Island Sheltered Workshop, Rhode Island Day Program, and Rhode Island Youth Exit Target Populations, consistent with the terms of this Consent Decree. Effective upon signing this Consent Decree, the will be responsible for creating incentives to encourage the transition of individuals from sheltered workshops, day program settings, and Rhode Island secondary schools to integrated employment and integrated day settings that meet the definitions and standards of Sections V(D)-(E). The State will implement these incentives through public-private partnerships with persons with I/DD, family members, employers, employment providers, community organizations, and additionally by other means that are approved by the Monitor. The State will provide monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance to ensure supported employment providers use evidence-based employment practices, have adequate staffing, organizational support and supervision, and use effective business models to meet the goals and outcomes of this Consent Decree. The State will develop and publicize its oversight process and provide mechanisms for individuals with I/DD, their families, service providers, and advocates to file complaints which will be timely addressed by the State. The State will require the supported employment provider(s) used to transition individuals with I/DD from Rhode Island sheltered workshop and facility-based day service providers into Supported Employment Placements to: Identify and promote Supported Employment Placements in state and federal agencies and in private industry on a statewide basis; and
Have an active role in providing in-reach, outreach, education, transition, and linkage activities to individuals in facility-based sheltered workshops, day programs, and secondary schools. PROVIDER CAPACITY The State, including BHDDH and ORS, will ensure that it supports and maintains a sufficient capacity to deliver Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services to individuals in the Rhode Island Sheltered Workshop, Rhode Island Day Program, and Rhode Island Youth Exit Target Populations, including qualified supported employment providers and integrated day providers, consistent with the terms of this Consent Decree. The State, including BHDDH and ORS, will ensure that the supported employment providers and/or integrated day providers have a sufficient array of trained staff, adequate staff supervision, appropriate policies and procedures, a quality improvement program, and the capacity to deliver Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services consistent with the terms of this Consent Decree. By September 1, 2014, the State, including BHDDH and ORS, will establish, implement, and enforce pre-qualification requirements for all Supported Employment and Integrated Day Services providers that supply services to individuals in the Rhode Island Sheltered Workshop, Rhode Island Day Program, and Rhode Island Youth Exit Target Populations, consistent with the terms of this Consent Decree. Effective upon signing this Consent Decree, the will be responsible for creating incentives to encourage the transition of individuals from sheltered workshops, day program settings, and Rhode Island secondary schools to integrated employment and integrated day settings that meet the definitions and standards of Sections V(D)-(E). The State will implement these incentives through public-private partnerships with persons with I/DD, family members, employers, employment providers, community organizations, and additionally by other means that are approved by the Monitor. The State will provide monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance to ensure supported employment providers use evidence-based employment practices, have adequate staffing, organizational support and supervision, and use effective business models to meet the goals and outcomes of this Consent Decree. The State will develop and publicize its oversight process and provide mechanisms for individuals with I/DD, their families, service providers, and advocates to file complaints which will be timely addressed by the State. The State will require the supported employment provider(s) used to transition individuals with I/DD from Rhode Island sheltered workshop and facility-based day service providers into Supported Employment Placements to: Identify and promote Supported Employment Placements in state and federal agencies and in private industry on a statewide basis; and
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