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Request for Qualifications Employment and Day Program Services 2018 Kittitas County RFQ 5 • Be certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). 8. Insurance: Contractors are asked to submit proof of insurance with the proposal. 4. Scope of Work Individual Supported Employment This service is part of an individual’s pathway to employment in accordance with the DDA Policy 4.11 County Services for Working Age Adults. Individual Supported Employment services are tailored to individual needs, interests, and abilities to develop and promote career advancement. These are individualized services necessary to help persons with developmental disabilities to obtain and continue integrated employment at or above the state’s minimum wage in the general workforce. These services may include intake, discovery, assessment, job preparation, job marketing, job supports, record keeping and support to maintain a job. Contractor shall facilitate services that include: creating work opportunities through job development, support to the employee’s supervisors and/or peer workers to enable them to support a person on the job, on-the-job training, and modification of work site or tasks, employment retention and support, and development of career and promotional opportunities with wages being minimum wage or higher. Self- employment may also be an option within Employment Services. Group Supported Employment Group Supported Employment or “GSE” services are a part of an individual’s pathway to integrated jobs in typical community employment. These services include many of the elements described in Individual Supported Employment and offer ongoing supervised employment for groups of no more than eight (8) workers with disabilities in the same setting. Examples include enclaves, mobile crews, and other business models employing small groups of workers with disabilities in integrated employment in community settings. IE & GSE Service Requirements:  Employment provider clients must be able to access the DSHS Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) funding. Employment providers must be familiar with the DDA and DVR Memorandum of Understanding, which describes the continuum of services and supports available. • The Contractor shall provide a copy of its CARF certification report to the County within thirty (30) days of receipt from the CARF Accreditation Board. • It is expected that all customers access DVR funding as a resource. The contractor shall use DVR or other funding supports for all services for which a customer is eligible. County funds are not intended to be the sole source of funding for services and the Contractor is expected to utilize other available funding sources in providing services. The Contractor shall report third-party payments on the monthly Case Management Information System CMIS report. • The Contractor, including their parent corporations or other business ventures in which they or their principals have an interest, that hires Individual Supported Employment customers shall not receive County funding for that customer. The Contractor shall not receive County support for customers placed in jobs with other County service providers or businesses created to provide employment to people with disabilities prior to written request to the County and subsequent County approval. • The Contractor shall maintain staff that is experienced in providing this service based on DDA Policy 6.13.