1. (a)

   1. (1) After an individual is found eligible for participation in SCSEP, an initial assessment shall be conducted and at least one (1) other time during the first year and two (2) times during a twelve-month period thereafter.

   2. (2) The assessment will include the participant’s:

      1. (A) Work history;
      2. (B) Skills and interest;
      3. (C) Talents;
      4. (D) Physical capabilities;
      5. (E) Aptitudes;
      6. (F) Needs for supportive services;
      7. (G) Occupational preference;
      8. (H) Training needs;
      9. (I) Potential for performing community service assignments; and
      10. (J) Potential for transition to unsubsidized employment.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Based on the participant’s assessment, an individual employment plan shall be completed and signed by both the participant and the subgrantee interviewer.
   2. (2) The individual employment plan is completed after each assessment, at the time of enrollment, and at least one (1) other time during the first year and two (2) times during a twelve-month period thereafter.

   3. (3) The individual employment plan shall include but not be limited to the following:

      1. (A) Initial and long-range employment goals;
      2. (B) Barriers to employment;
      3. (C) Needed supportive services;
      4. (D) Needed training; and
      5. (E) Steps and projected timeframes to achieve employment goals.
3. (c) If an assessment has already been performed and an individual employment plan developed under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq. [repealed], it will satisfy the requirement for the SCSEP assessment and individual employment plan.
4. (d) The subgrantee shall seek to place the individual participant in community service assignment in the community where they reside and that will best utilize the individual’s skills and aptitudes and provide the best opportunity to obtain unsubsidized employment.
5. (e) The subgrantee may, as a result of the individual employment plan, determine that a change of community service employment assignment would better utilize the enrollee's skills and aptitudes and afford the individual more appropriate work experience and thereby increase the individual’s potential for unsubsidized employment.

6. (f)

   1. (1) Assessments and individual employment plans with all updates shall be documented.
   2. (2) Individual employment plans shall be signed by the participant and the subgrantee interviewer and maintained in the participant's permanent file.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “6-1-97” The Workforce Investment Act was repealed by Pub. L. No. 113-128.