- (a) Subject to available resources, the Agency shall, or a Board may set local policy to provide for self-employment assistance services for appropriate Choices individuals to enable them to begin or continue a small business. For purposes of this subsection, a small business has ten or fewer employees.
- (b) Self-employment assistance may include a microenterprise development program.
- (c) Individuals shall be selected for self-employment assistance through an objective assessment process that shall identify individuals who are likely to succeed as business owners.
(d) Self-employment assistance services available to all individuals in Choices shall include:
- (1) entrepreneurial training, a required activity for each individual in Choices;
- (2) business counseling;
- (3) financial assistance; or
- (4) technical assistance.
Source Note:The provisions of this §811.29 adopted to be effective February 19, 2001, 26 TexReg 1566.