1. (a) Employment and training support (ETS) services shall be provided to New Hampshire employment program (NHEP) participants for the purposes of enabling NHEP participants to obtain or keep employment, or to resolve employment-related obstacles in direct relationship to the NHEP participant’s ability to remain in an approved NHEP activity, as specified in the employability plan.

2. (b) ETS services for employment-related obstacles shall include, but not be limited to:

   1. (1) Auto insurance costs, up to $750 per state fiscal year;
   2. (2) Auto registration fees, up to a maximum of $350 per state fiscal year;
   3. (3) Driver’s license fees or replacement fees up to a maximum of $90 per state fiscal year;
   4. (4) Work clothing expenses, not including uniforms, needed for job interviews or to begin employment, up to a maximum of $200 per state fiscal year;
   5. (5) Personal care items or services, including but not limited to, haircuts, deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, and razors, up to a maximum of $25 per state fiscal year; and
   6. (6) Adult cosmetic dental care for services not covered by Medicaid, up to a maximum of $1500.

3. (c) The department shall pay auto insurance costs to a provider, as described in (b)(1) above, either quarterly or monthly subject to the following:

   1. (1) The auto insurance policy shall provide a minimum of 12-months of coverage;
   2. (2) Auto insurance may be billed prior to the actual service being provided; and
   3. (3) The NHEP participant shall provide a statement of coverages and charges from the insurance provider.
4. (d) The auto insurance expenses referenced in (c) above shall be payable at the usual and customary rates excluding higher rates due to accidents, violations, or other causes.
5. (e) The total of all payments for ETS services described in (b)(1) through (b)(5) above, to aid in removing obstacles to employment shall not exceed $750 per individual, per state fiscal year.
6. (f) The maximum limit for adult cosmetic dental care identified in (b)(6) above shall be considered a separate payment limit from the limit for items cited in (b)(1) through (b)(5) above and assistance for this service shall be available regardless of any other payments received in (b)(1) through (b)(5).
7. (g) Before approving payment, the NHEP representative shall ensure that any and all other available third-party resources have been exhausted.

8. (h) If the employment-related obstacle request exceeds the payment limits specified in He-W 655.06 through He-W 655.09, before the maximum assistance payment is authorized for other employment supports pursuant to, He-W 655.10, the NHEP participant shall demonstrate:

   1. (1) That the payment authorized by the department is sufficient to remove the employment-related obstacle; and
   2. (2) How the remainder of the request shall be secured or that a payment plan has been arranged for the remainder of the bill.

9. (i) The following shall apply to authorizations of other ETS related services to aid in removing obstacles to employment:

   1. (1) There shall be no limit to the number of times assistance for employment-related support services can be approved per state fiscal year so long as the maximum payment limits specified in (b) above are not exceeded; and
   2. (2) Authorization and requests for ETS services to remove employment-related obstacles shall be limited to the maximum dollar limits, described above, per state fiscal year.
10. (j) ETS service payments shall be denied when funds for the programs are no longer available.

Source. #14299, eff 7-1-25, EXPIRES: 7-1-35