January 14th, 2025
HHSC Publishes Information on Implementation of Employment Readiness
Note: The previous publication had a broken link. Please find the correct link below.
HHSC has published Information Letter 2025-01 Implementation of Employment Readiness. This letter provides a description of employment readiness and guidance related to the implementation of the new service.
***Don’t forget, the IPC form for TxHmL and HCS have been updated to include Employment Readiness Link to TxHmL form 8582 and Link to HCS form 3608 IPC
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.
