§261.12. What is an individual responsibility plan?
45 C.F.R. § 261.12
An individual responsibility plan is a plan developed at State option, in consultation with the individual, on the basis of the assessment made under § 261.11. The plan:
Should set an employment goal and a plan for moving immediately into private-sector employment;
Should describe the obligations of the individual. These could include going to school, maintaining certain grades, keeping school-aged children in school, immunizing children, going to classes, or doing other things that will help the individual become or remain employed in the private sector;
Should be designed to move the individual into whatever private-sector employment he or she is capable of handling as quickly as possible and to increase over time the responsibility and the amount of work the individual handles;
Should describe the services the State will provide the individual to enable the individual to obtain and keep private sector employment, including job counseling services; and
May require the individual to undergo appropriate substance abuse treatment.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 601, 602, 607, and 609; Pub. L. 109-171.
Source
Source: 64 FR 17884, Apr. 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted.