December 1st, 2024
New Service: Employment Readiness is available in the following waiver programs: HCS, TxHmL, and DBMB
As required by House Bill 4169 (88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023), the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is adding a new service similar to prevocational services to the Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL), and Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) waivers. The new service, employment readiness, will be available on Jan. 1, 2025.
Employment Readiness and Provider Fiscal Compliance Review Process Webinar
HHSC will host a webinar on Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon for the Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL), and Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) program providers, local intellectual and developmental disability authorities, financial management service agencies and other interested parties.
The webinar will provide information on the new:
- Employment readiness service coming to the HCS, TxHmL and DBMD Programs on Jan. 1, 2025.
- Provider fiscal compliance review process in the HCS and TxHmL Programs, effective on Jan. 1, 2025.
Email questions about the webinar to your program policy:
What’s Employment Readiness?
Employment readiness provides assistance that prepares an individual for employment in the community. It helps an individual develop basic habilitative skills or achieve generalized vocational goals. Employment readiness activities cannot be directed at developing skills related to a specific type of employment.
