Service Definitions: Expectation of Competitive Integrated Employment

Adult Waiver Services

A waiver is an extra set of Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program) benefits that you could qualify for in certain cases. These benefits can help you remain in your home and community. Waivers have extra program rules and some programs may have waitlists

Assistive Technology Support

Any service that directly assists an individual student in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device.

Benefits Planning

A service that helps individuals with disabilities and their families understand how education and employment and other life decisions impact benefits. Benefits counseling can address the fears and concerns many individuals and their families have about a reduction in benefits if they start work

Career Development and Advising

Assists students in choosing a career or profession and making employment or training decisions

Children Waiver Services

Children's waivers are an extra set of health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program) that you may qualify for. These services can support a recipient with accessing their community, and supporting the family to better care for their child with a disability. Additionally, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) - The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit provides comprehensive and preventive health care services for Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) members age 20 and under along with pregnant adults. EPSDT is key to ensuring that children and youth receive appropriate preventive, dental, mental health, developmental and specialty services

Customized Employment

Is an employment process that uses a flexible blend of strategies, services, supports, and funds to facilitate employment outcomes for job seekers with complex needs through negotiated employment relationships.

Individual Placement and Support

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based supported employment practice for individuals with mental illness. The IPS model is expanding to new populations including transition-age youth, IDD, TANF, SUD, and PTSD. IPS is an individualized approach to job search, job development, and job support. 

Job Coaching

A job coach can assist a student to learn job tasks, access needed accommodations ,and perform their work duties. In addition to working on skills related to performing specific job tasks, a job coach also helps students learn necessary interpersonal skills to be successful in their job.

Job Exploration Counseling

Activities provided by a professional to help students make career-related decision. Career counseling can be offered in various setting, including in groups, individually and virtually.

Job Search and Placement Support

Support for students to look for a job, find a job and stay on a job.

Technical skill attainment

The process of gathering, describing, or quantifying information about student’s knowledge and performance.

Work-based learning experiences including paid work

Work experiences offer students the opportunity to explore careers and understand the nature of work through first-hand exposure to the workplace. Non paid experiences should be exploratory in nature and intended to expose the student to a variety of occupations . Paid experiences can be general or vocational, focusing respectively on general workplace skills or career preparation activities within a specific industry or career area.

Workplace Readiness/ Soft Skills Training

Opportunities and experiences for students to learn skills and behaviors that are necessary for any job. Work readiness skills are sometimes called soft skills, employability skills or job readiness skills.

Youth leadership activities

Opportunities and experiences for students to gain skills and knowledge in order to analyze their own strengths, weaknesses, set personal and vocational goals, and have the self-esteem, confidence, motivation, and abilities to carry them out. And, the ability to guide or direct others on a course of action, infuse the opinions and behaviors of others and services