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MFIP Employment Services Manual

MFIP Employment Services Manual


4.24 Americans With Disabilities Act

ISSUE DATE: 09/2020

People with disabilities should receive individualized services and meaningful opportunities.


The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requires that people with disabilities should experience:

  • · Individual treatment: Treat people with disabilities on a case-by-case basis consistent with facts and objective evidence.
  • · Effective and meaningful opportunity: Offer people with disabilities opportunities to benefit that are as effective as the opportunity offered to people without disabilities.


    • The Americans with Disabilities Act applies to anyone who meets at least 1 of the following conditions:

  • · Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits 1 or more major life activities.
  • · Has a record of such an impairment.
  • · Is regarded as having such an impairment.


    • The ADA definition of disability is different than the criteria in programs that provide cash assistance based on disability, such as Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Income.

    Eligibility and employment services workers must:
    Inform all participants that the Americans with Disabilities Act provides them rights to equal access to all services and benefits regardless of a physical or mental disability.


    Give the DHS brochure Do you have a disability? (DHS-4133) (PDF) to participants:

  • · During the Employment Services overview.
  • · When an Employment Plan is developed or revised.
  • · Before an assessment, including the MFIP Self Screen.


    • This brochure is also available in:

    Do you have a disability? (DHS-4133-HMN) (PDF) Hmong
    Do you have a disability? (DHS-4133-RUS) (PDF) Russian
    Do you have a disability? (DHS-4133-SOM) (PDF) Somali
    Do you have a disability? (DHS-4133-SPA) (PDF) Spanish
    Do you have a disability? (DHS-4133-VIE) (PDF) Vietnamese

    Employment Plans for anyone with a disability must consider any and all limitations due to the disability.

    Many participants with disabilities will be eligible for Family Stabilization Services (FSS). Develop an employment plan for FSS participants based on the participant’s individual circumstances.

    For information:

  • · How an employment plan must accommodate disabilities, see 7.33 (Accommodating Disabilities).
  • · How the Family Stabilization Services track creates more flexibility and the policies associated with specific conditions that may be disabling, see 17 (Family Stabilization Services).
  • · Guidance issued by the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • · Also see, 24.27 (Disability Criteria for SSI Benefits).

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