The employment plan should build on participants’ strengths and address their challenges.

The purpose of the employment plan is to identify:

· The most direct path to unsubsidized employment

And

· Any steps that support long-term economic stability.

For some participants with significant challenges the most direct path to employment and economic stability may involve many steps, including assessments.

There are specific chapters about the Family Violence Waiver, Family Stabilization Services and Teen Parents. Specific details about the plans for those service tracks are in those chapters. See Chapter 08 (Family Violence Waiver), Chapter 09 (Teen Parents), Chapter 17 (Family Stabilization Services).

Both the participant and the employment counselor must sign the plan and any revisions.

The employment counselor and the participant each have core responsibilities related to the employment plan:

Who	Responsibility	What Can Occur if the Responsibility is Not Met.
Employment Counselor.	· Support the participant’s progress. · Ensure that the participant achieves acceptable progress on their plan.	A conciliation conference or appeal.
Participant.	· Develop an employment plan. · Follow through with the activities in the plan.	Loss of support services and/or sanctions.

Follow progress of the Employment Plan in order to:

· Support participants in reaching their employment goals.

· Support compliance with MFIP Employment Services policy.

Participants must help develop and comply with the employment plan.

· Those who do not are subject to sanction. See Chapter 19 (Sanctions and Non-Compliance).