Sub-grantees are responsible for supportive and follow-up services.

1. (1) Supportive services. Sub-grantees:

   1. (A) provide supportive services, as needed, to help participants participate in their community service assignment and to obtain and retain unsubsidized employment; and
   2. (B) establish criteria to assess the need for supportive services and to determine when participants will receive supportive services, including after obtaining, unsubsidized employment.

2. (2) Follow-up. To ensure continued successful employment and to verify mandated core performance measures, such as earnings and retention in unsubsidized employment for six months, SCSEP staff provides follow-up services within the first 180-calendar days of entry into unsubsidized employment. Staff:

   1. (A) determines if the job is an appropriate match for the participant and the employer;
   2. (B) maintains contact with the participant within the first 180-calendar days of entry into unsubsidized employment in order to verify retention in unsubsidized employment for six months;

   3. (C) documents wages earned by at least one of the methods in (i) - (iii) that are:

      1. (i) a written statement from the employer;
      2. (ii) pay stubs; or
      3. (iii) detailed case notes indicating the name of the employer, the timeframe worked, and the wage; and
   4. (D) may reconsider a participant for reenrollment when it is determined during the follow-up process that the former participant became unemployed.

Added at 38 Ok Reg 2337, eff 9-15-21